Boundedness and periodicity results for a certain system of third order nonlinear differential equations (Q1305870)

The equation \[ \dddot X+ A\ddot X+ G(\dot X)+ H(X)= P(t, X,\dot X,\ddot X)\tag{1} \] is considered. In (1), \(A\) is a constant real \(n\times n\)-matrix, \(X\in\mathbb{R}_n\), \(G\), \(H\), \(P\), are such that, for any \(X_0,Y_0,Z_0\in \mathbb{R}_n\), there is a uniquely defined solution \(X= X(t,X_0,Y_0,Z_0)\) to (1), continuous in \(t\) (where \(X(t_0)= X_0\), \(\dot X(t_0)= Y_0\), \(\ddot X(t_0)= Z_0\)). Some sufficient conditions are obtained which ensure that all solutions to (1) are ultimately bounded. Finally, some sufficient conditions are given which guarantee that there exists at least one periodic solution to (1).