On the count and the classification of periodic solutions to forced pendulum-type equations

MaRDI QIDQ1978214zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors M. Calanchi, Massimo Tarallo

Publication date 29 May 2000

Published in Differential and Integral Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

forced pendulum-type equationsMorse functionperiodic solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Variational methods involving nonlinear operators (47J30)

Review text

The pendulum-type problem of the form \[ \ddot {u}+V'(u(t)) = h(t) +\lambda , \] \(u\) is \(T\)-periodic, \(\lambda \in \mathbb{R}\), is studied under some assumptions on \(T\) and the forcing \(h\). The main assumption is \(\max V <(\frac {2\pi }{T})^2\) and that \(V'\) is a Morse function with distinct critical values. A one-to-one correspondence of solutions to the present problem to an auxiliary one for the so-called reduction function is shown. For the auxiliary equation, the number of its pre-images describes the number of the solutions to the original problem and this is the main tool for the considerations in the paper.

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