Uniqueness results for some nonlinear initial and boundary value problems

Initial value problems, existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence and continuation of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34A12) Nonlinear ordinary differential equations and systems (34A34) Differential inequalities involving functions of a single real variable (34A40) Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Topological structure of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles of ordinary differential equations (34C05) Transformation and reduction of ordinary differential equations and systems, normal forms (34C20)

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In the first part of this article a uniqueness theorem is presented for nonlinear initial value problems of the type (*) \(dx/dt=\phi (x)+p(t),\) \(t>0\); \(x(0)=0\); where p is a real-valued continuous function which may change sign near the origin. The theorem is subsequently applied to establish a result related to the uniqueness of nonnegative nontrivial radial solutions of nonlinear boundary value problems of the type (**) \(\nabla \cdot (A(| \nabla u|)\nabla u+f(u)=0,\) \(x\in {\mathbb{R}}^ n;\) \(\lim_{x\to \infty}u(x)=0\); where A is a positive continuous function such that the product pA(p) is monotone. The class of equations (**) includes the mean curvature equation.

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