A forced pendulum equation without stable periodic solutions of a fixed period (Q2259322)

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A forced pendulum equation without stable periodic solutions of a fixed period
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    A forced pendulum equation without stable periodic solutions of a fixed period (English)
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    3 March 2015
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    This paper is devoted to the investigation of the differential equation \[ \ddot{x}+\beta \sin x =f(t), \] where \(\beta>0\) is a real parameter and \(f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) is a continuous and \(T\)-periodic function satisfying the condition \[ \int_0^T f(t)dt=0. \] Under above assumptions it is well known that there exist at least two \(T\)-periodic solutions. The author constructs some examples where there are exactly two \(T\)-periodic solutions and both are unstable.
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    forced pendulum
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    periodic solution
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    Lyapunov stability
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    resonance
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