The Period Function of Second Order Differential Equations

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Authors A. Raouf Chouikha

Publication date 27 March 2001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25)

Abstract: We interest in the behaviour of the period function for equations of the type $u^{″}+g(u)=0$ and $u^{″}+f(u)u^{\prime }+g(u)=0$ with a center at the origin 0. $g$ is a function of class $C^k$. For the conservative case, if $kgeq2$ one shows that the Opial criterion is the better one among those for which these the necessary condition $g^{″}(0)=0$ holds. In the case where $f$ is of class $C^1$ and $kgeq3$, the Lienard equations $u^{″}+f(u)u^{\prime }+g(u)=0$ may have a monotonic period function if $g^{\prime }(0)g^{(3)}(0)-5/3{g^{″}}^2(0)-2/3{f^{\prime }}^2(0)g^{\prime }(0)eq0$ in a neighborhood of 0. {it Key Words and phrases:} period function, monotonicity, isochronicity, Lienard equation, polynomial systems.

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