Subharmonic solutions for nonlinear second order equations      in presence of lower and upper solutions

Alberto Boscaggin; Fabio Zanolin

doi:10.3934/dcds.2013.33.89

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2013, Volume 33, Issue 1: 89-110. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.89

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Subharmonic solutions for nonlinear second order equations in presence of lower and upper solutions

Alberto Boscaggin^1, and
Fabio Zanolin^2,

1.
SISSA - ISAS, International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste
2.
University of Udine, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine

Received: August 2011

Revised: October 2011

Published: January 2013

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We study the problem of existence and multiplicity of subharmonic solutions for a second order nonlinear ODE in presence of lower and upper solutions. We show how such additional information can be used to obtain more precise multiplicity results. Applications are given to pendulum type equations and to Ambrosetti-Prodi results for parameter dependent equations.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 34C25, 54H25; Secondary: 37J10, 37J45.

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