Existence, localization and stability of limit-periodic solutions to differential equations involving cubic nonlinearities (Q2229203)

The authors investigate limit-periodic solutions of a class of first-order and second-order differential equations involving cubic nonlinearities and limit-periodic forcing terms. A continuous function \(f\) is said to be \textit{limit-periodic} if it is a uniform limit of a sequence \(\{f_k\}_{k \in \mathbb N}\) of continuous periodic functions. A first result of the paper states that the first-order equation \[ x'+x^3-\lambda x = r(t) \] where \(\lambda >0\), admits an unstable limit-periodic solution for any strictly positive limit-periodic forcing term \(r\) which is sufficiently small. A second result shows that the Duffing-type limit-periodic equation \[ x''+x^3-\lambda x = r(t) \] admits, for sufficiently small \(r\), an essential limit-periodic solution. A discussion of localization and stability/instability of the solutions is also provided.