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Let A:D(A)\to E be an infinitesimal generator either of an analytic compact semigroup or of a contractive C_0-semigroup of linear operators acting in a Banach space E. In this paper we give both necessary and sufficient conditions for…
This paper investigates the dynamical behavior of periodic solutions for a class of second-order non-autonomous differential equations. First, based on the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction method for finite-dimensional functions, the…
In this paper, the general perturbation problem of piecewise smooth integrable differential systems with two switching planes is considered. Firstly, when the unperturbed system has a family of periodic orbits, the first order Melnikov…
In this paper, the general planar piecewise smooth Hamiltonian system with period annulus around the center at the origin is considered. We obtain the expressions for the first order and the second order Melnikov functions of it's general…
In this work we provide conditions for the existence of periodic solutions to nonlinear, second-order difference equations of the form \begin{equation*} y(t+2)+by(t+1)+cy(t)=g(t,y(t)) \end{equation*} where $c\neq 0$, and…
In this paper, we generalize the Picard-Fuchs equation method to study the bifurcation of limit cycles of perturbed differential systems with two switching lines. We obtain the detailed expression of the corresponding first order Melnikov…
In the research literature, one can find distinct notions for higher order averaged functions of regularly perturbed non-autonomous $T$- periodic differential equations of the kind $x'=\varepsilon F(t,x,\varepsilon)$. By one hand, the…
Consider a differential system of the form $$ x'=F_0(t,x)+\sum_{i=1}^k \varepsilon^i F_i(t,x)+\varepsilon^{k+1} R(t,x,\varepsilon), $$ where $F_i:\mathbb{S}^1 \times D \to \mathbb{R}^m$ and $R:\mathbb{S}^1 \times D \times…
The averaging method combined with the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction provides sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic solutions of the following class of perturbative $T$-periodic nonautonomous differential equations…
We study the family of piecewise linear differential systems in the plane with two pieces separated by a cubic curve. Our main result is that 7 is a lower bound for the Hilbert number of this family. In order to get our main result, we…
We study the problem of subharmonic bifurcations for analytic systems in the plane with perturbations depending periodically on time, in the case in which we only assume that the subharmonic Melnikov function has at least one zero. If the…
This paper deals with the problem of limit cycle bifurcations for piecewise smooth integrable differential systems with four zones. When the unperturbed system has a family of periodic orbits, the first order Melnikov function is derived…
We prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a $T$-periodic solution for the time-periodic second order differential equation $\ddot{x}+f(t,x)+p(t,x,\dot x)=0$, where $f$ grows superlinearly in $x$ uniformly in time,…
For a class of polynomial non-autonomous differential equations of degree n, we use phase plane analysis to show that each equation in this class has n periodic solutions. The result implies that certain rigid two-dimensional systems have…
Fractional difference equations provide a flexible mathematical framework for modeling complex systems with memory, hereditary, and non-local effects. In this work, we study the stability of higher-order two-term fractional linear…
We consider a second order nonlinear ordinary differential equation of the form $u'' + f(u) = p(t)$ where the forcing term $p(t)$ is a $T$-periodic function and the nonlinearity $f(u)$ satisfies the properties of Ambrosetti-Prodi problems.…
In this paper, by means of the Melnikov functions we consider bifurcations of harmonic or subharmonic solutions from a periodic solution of a planar Hamiltonian system under impulsive perturbation. We give some sufficient conditions under…
The Melnikov method is applied to a class of generalized Ziegler pendulums. We find an analytical form for the separatrix of the system in terms of Jacobian elliptic integrals, holding for a large class of initial conditions and parameters.…
We derive Melnikov type conditions for the persistence of heteroclinic solutions in perturbed slowly varying discontinuous differential equations extending to these equations similar results for continuous differential equations.
The study of periodic solutions with constant sign in the Abel equation of the second kind can be made through the equation of the first kind. This is because the situation is equivalent under the transformation $x\mapsto x^{-1}$, and there…