The Leray-Schauder degree theory is used to obtain sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the boundary value problem x'' = f(t,x,x',x'',λ), α(x) = 0, β(x̅) = 0, γ(x̿)=0, depending on the parameter λ. Here α, β, γ are linear bounded functionals defined on the Banach space of C⁰-functions on [0,1] and x̅(t) = x(0) - x(t), x̿(t)=x(1)-x(t).

A class of functional boundary conditions for the second order functional differential equation $x^{\text{'}\text{'}}\left(t\right)=\left(Fx\right)\left(t\right)$ is introduced. Here $F:C^1\left(J\right)\to L_1\left(J\right)$ is a nonlinear continuous unbounded operator. Sufficient conditions for the existence of at least four solutions are given. The proofs are based on the Bihari lemma, the topological method of homotopy, the Leray-Schauder degree and the Borsuk theorem.

In the present paper we study some basic qualitative properties of solutions of a nonlinear parabolic integrodifferential equation of Barbashin type which occurs frequently in applications. The fundamental integral inequality with explicit estimate is used to establish the results.

Two point boundary value problem for the linear system of ordinary differential equations with deviating arguments $$x^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)=A\left(t\right)x\left({\tau }_{11}\left(t\right)\right)+B\left(t\right)u\left({\tau }_{12}\left(t\right)\right)+q_1\left(t\right),u^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)=C\left(t\right)x\left({\tau }_{21}\left(t\right)\right)+D\left(t\right)u\left({\tau }_{22}\left(t\right)\right)+q_2\left(t\right),{\alpha }_{11}x\left(0\right)+{\alpha }_{12}u\left(0\right)=c_0,{\alpha }_{21}x\left(T\right)+{\alpha }_{22}u\left(T\right)=c_T$$ is considered. For this problem the sufficient condition for existence and uniqueness of solution is obtained. The same approach as in [2], [3] is applied.

Nonimprovable, in a certain sense, sufficient conditions for the unique solvability of the boundary value problem $$u^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)=\ell \left(u\right)\left(t\right)+q\left(t\right),u\left(a\right)+\lambda u\left(b\right)=c$$ are established, where $\ell :C\left(\right[a,b];R)\to L\left(\right[a,b];R)$ is a linear bounded operator, $q\in L\left(\right[a,b];R)$, $\lambda \in R_{+}$, and $c\in R$. The question on the dimension of the solution space of the homogeneous problem $$u^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)=\ell \left(u\right)\left(t\right),u\left(a\right)+\lambda u\left(b\right)=0$$ is discussed as well.

In this paper, we are interested in the dynamic evolution of an elastic body, acted by resistance forces depending also on the displacements. We put the mechanical problem into an abstract functional framework, involving a second order nonlinear evolution equation with initial conditions. After specifying convenient hypotheses on the data, we prove an existence and uniqueness result. The proof is based on Faedo-Galerkin method.