Existence and uniqueness of homoclinic solution for a Rayleigh equation with a singularity (Q2301808)

By using a continuation theorem of coincidence degree principle, the authors give some new results on the existence and uniqueness of homoclinic solution for the following singular Rayleigh equation, \[ x''(t)+f(x'(t))-g(x(t))-\frac{\alpha(t)x(t)}{1-x(t)}=h(t), \] where $f,g,h,\alpha:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ are continuous functions.