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Monotonicity of the period function for some planar differential systems. Part I: Conservative and quadratic systems

A. Raouf Chouikha (2005)

Applicationes Mathematicae

We first examine conditions implying monotonicity of the period function for potential systems with a center at 0 (in the whole period annulus). We also present a short comparative survey of the different criteria. We apply these results to quadratic Loud systems ( L D , F ) for various values of the parameters D and F. In the case of noncritical periods we propose an algorithm to test the monotonicity of the period function for ( L D , F ) . Our results may be viewed as a contribution to proving (or disproving) a conjecture...

Monotonicity of the period function for some planar differential systems. Part II: Liénard and related systems

A. Raouf Chouikha (2005)

Applicationes Mathematicae

We are interested in conditions under which the two-dimensional autonomous system ẋ = y, ẏ = -g(x) - f(x)y, has a local center with monotonic period function. When f and g are (non-odd) analytic functions, Christopher and Devlin [C-D] gave a simple necessary and sufficient condition for the period to be constant. We propose a simple proof of their result. Moreover, in the case when f and g are of class C³, the Liénard systems can have a monotonic period function...

Monotonicity of the principal eigenvalue related to a non-isotropic vibrating string

Behrouz Emamizadeh, Amin Farjudian (2014)

Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems

In this paper we consider a parametric eigenvalue problem related to a vibrating string which is constructed out of two different materials. Using elementary analysis we show that the corresponding principal eigenvalue is increasing with respect to the parameter. Using a rearrangement technique we recapture a part of our main result, in case the difference between the densities of the two materials is sufficiently small. Finally, a simple numerical algorithm will be presented which will also provide...

Monotonicity properties of oscillatory solutions of differential equation ( a ( t ) | y ' | p - 1 y ' ) ' + f ( t , y , y ' ) = 0

Miroslav Bartušek, Chrysi G. Kokologiannaki (2013)

Archivum Mathematicum

We obtain monotonicity results concerning the oscillatory solutions of the differential equation ( a ( t ) | y ' | p - 1 y ' ) ' + f ( t , y , y ' ) = 0 . The obtained results generalize the results given by the first author in [1] (1976). We also give some results concerning a special case of the above differential equation.

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