On a class of 1-monotone solutions for a forced pendulum model (Q637033)

The author investigates the equation \[ -u'' + V_{u}(t,u) = 0, \] where \(V\) is a \(C^2\) function 1-periodic in both variables. In the author's words: ``The purpose of this note is to carry the analysis of [\textit{P. H. Rabinowitz}, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics, 367--390 (2008; Zbl 1138.37049)] a step further to obtain another natural class of heteroclinic solutions.'' The heteroclinic solutions are obtained by minimizing a functional on a class of appropriate functions. With respect to the character of the found heteroclinic solutions the author writes: ``In terms of the forced pendulum, in the simplest case, this corresponds to a solution which is vertically upright at \(t=-\infty \), moves, e.g., counterclockwise as \(t\) increases, slows down as it approaches the vertically upright position again, slowly passes through that position, and finally makes one more rotation to asymptote in the vertically upright position at \(t=\infty \).''