We prove the existence of a positive solution to the BVP $${\left(\Phi \left(t\right)u^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)\right)}^{\text{'}}=f(t,u\left(t\right)),u^{\text{'}}\left(0\right)=u\left(1\right)=0,$$ imposing some conditions on Φ and f. In particular, we assume $\Phi \left(t\right)f(t,u)$ to be decreasing in t. Our method combines variational and topological arguments and can be applied to some elliptic problems in annular domains. An $L_{\infty }$ bound for the solution is provided by the $L_{\infty }$ norm of any test function with negative energy.

The system of nonlinear differential equations $$x^{\text{'}}+p_1\left(t\right)x^{{\alpha }_1}+q_1\left(t\right)y^{{\beta }_1}=0,y^{\text{'}}+p_2\left(t\right)x^{{\alpha }_2}+q_2\left(t\right)y^{{\beta }_2}=0,A$$ is under consideration, where ${\alpha }_i$ and ${\beta }_i$ are positive constants and $p_i\left(t\right)$ and $q_i\left(t\right)$ are positive continuous functions on $[a,\infty )$. There are three types of different asymptotic behavior at infinity of positive solutions $\left(x\right(t),y(t\left)\right)$ of (). The aim of this paper is to establish criteria for the existence of solutions of these three types by means of fixed point techniques. Special emphasis is placed on those solutions with both components decreasing to zero as $t\to \infty$, which can be...

The paper presents an existence result for global solutions to the finite dimensional differential inclusion $y^{\text{'}}\in F\left(y\right),$$F$ being defined on a closed set $K.$ A priori bounds for such solutions are provided.

The paper deals with the quasi-linear ordinary differential equation ${\left(r\left(t\right)\varphi \left(u^{\text{'}}\right)\right)}^{\text{'}}+g(t,u)=0$ with $t\in [0,\infty )$. We treat the case when $g$ is not necessarily monotone in its second argument and assume usual conditions on $r\left(t\right)$ and $\varphi \left(u\right)$. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of unbounded non-oscillatory solutions. By means of a fixed point technique we investigate their growth, proving the coexistence of solutions with different asymptotic behaviors. The results generalize previous ones due to Elbert–Kusano, [Acta...

Oscillatory properties of the second order nonlinear equation $${\left(r\left(t\right)x^{\text{'}}\right)}^{\text{'}}+q\left(t\right)f\left(x\right)=0$$ are investigated. In particular, criteria for the existence of at least one oscillatory solution and for the global monotonicity properties of nonoscillatory solutions are established. The possible coexistence of oscillatory and nonoscillatory solutions is studied too.