Non-linear boundary value problems for systems of differential equations†
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics
- Vol. 78 (1-2) , 139-159
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0308210500009902
Abstract
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.Keywords
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