Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations

By introducing subdifferentiability of lower semicontinuous convex function φ(x(t),x(t−τ)) and its conjugate function, as well as critical point theory and operator equation theory, we obtain the existence of multiple subharmonic periodic solutions to the following second-order nonlinear nonautonomo...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Bao Shu, Yongzeng Lai, Fei Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/404928
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description By introducing subdifferentiability of lower semicontinuous convex function φ(x(t),x(t−τ)) and its conjugate function, as well as critical point theory and operator equation theory, we obtain the existence of multiple subharmonic periodic solutions to the following second-order nonlinear nonautonomous neutral nonlinear functional differential equation x″(t)+x″(t−2τ)+f(t,x(t),x(t−τ),x(t−2τ))=0, x(0)=0.
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spelling doaj-art-d24cb3f3712847b38b6871b13dd2160c2025-08-20T02:19:43ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1085-33751687-04092012-01-01201210.1155/2012/404928404928Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential EquationsXiao-Bao Shu0Yongzeng Lai1Fei Xu2Department of Mathematics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaDepartment of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, CanadaDepartment of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, CanadaBy introducing subdifferentiability of lower semicontinuous convex function φ(x(t),x(t−τ)) and its conjugate function, as well as critical point theory and operator equation theory, we obtain the existence of multiple subharmonic periodic solutions to the following second-order nonlinear nonautonomous neutral nonlinear functional differential equation x″(t)+x″(t−2τ)+f(t,x(t),x(t−τ),x(t−2τ))=0, x(0)=0.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/404928
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Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations
Abstract and Applied Analysis
title Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations
title_full Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations
title_fullStr Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations
title_full_unstemmed Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations
title_short Existence of Subharmonic Periodic Solutions to a Class of Second-Order Non-Autonomous Neutral Functional Differential Equations
title_sort existence of subharmonic periodic solutions to a class of second order non autonomous neutral functional differential equations
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