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Non-linear boundary value problems for systems of differential equations†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

H. W. Knobloch  and
K. Schmitt
H. W. Knobloch
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, Am Hubland, Würzburg
K. Schmitt
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
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Synopsis

The paper deals with boundary value problems for second-order vector differential equations x″ = f (t, x, x′). Given a region Ω in (t, x)-space we ask whether there exists a solution x(t) of the problem satisfying (t, x(t)) ∊Ω. We arrive at a rather general type of conditions which are sufficient in order that Ω has the desired property. One of these conditions is geometric in nature and depends upon the boundary data only. The second condition can be expressed in terms of inequalities and depends upon the values of f on ∂Ω. These inequalities turn out to be the common background of a variety of conditions which can be found in the literature on boundary value problems and which in the case of a scalar equation reduce to the well-known properties of upper and lower solutions.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 78 , Issue 1-2 , 1977 , pp. 139 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1977

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