Time-periodic solutions to a system of nonlinear integrodifferential equations (Q4354580)

This paper discusses the existence of time-periodic solutions of second order nonlinear Volterra integrodifferential equations of the form \[ \ddot y+p(y)+\int_0^\infty q(\tau,y(t),y(t-\tau))d\tau=f(t), \] where \(y\), \(p\), \(q\) and \(f\) take their values in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). The nonlinear functions \(p\) and \(q\) are \(C^1\)-smooth gradients of scalar functions, \(p(0)=q(\tau,y,y)=0\), and various size and sign conditions are imposed on \(p\) and \(q\). Two theorem on the existence of \(C^2\) periodic solutions are given. In one of them it is important that the time average of \(f\) is zero. The proofs use a priori bounds and the Leray-Schauder theorem.