On the number of solutions for a certain class of nonlinear second-order boundary-value problems (Q2044838)

In this paper, the authors study the number of solutions of a class of boundary-value problems for the nonlinear second order differential equations with quadratic nonlinearity and Neumann boundary conditions of the form \[ \begin{gathered} x''=-ax+bx^{2},\ a>0,\ b>0 \\ x'(0)=0,\ x'(T)=0, \ T>0. \end{gathered}\tag{\(*\)} \] The following results are obtained: \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] an estimate of the number of solutions of the Neumann problem (\(*\)). \item[(ii)] explicit formulas for solutions of the Cauchy problem are obtained in terms of the Jacobian elliptic functions. \item[(iii)] the equation for the initial values \(x_0\) of solutions of the Neumann problem (\(*\)) is derived. \item[(iv)] the results are tested and verified by an example. \end{itemize}