In this paper we are concerned with a system of second-order differential equations of the form x&Ti + A(t, x)x = 0, t ∈ [0, π], x ∈ RN, where A(t, x) is a symmetric N × N matrix. We concentrate on an asymptotically linear situation and we prove the existence of multiple solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated to the system. Multiplicity is obtained by a comparison between the number of moments of verticality of the matrices A0(t) and A∞(t), which are the uniform limits of A(t, x) for |x| → 0 and |x| → +∞, respectively. For the proof, which is based on a generalized shooting approach, we provide a theorem on the existence of zeros of a class of N-dimensional vector fields.

Detecting multiplicity for systems of second-order equations: An alternative approach

Papini D.
2005-01-01

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In this paper we are concerned with a system of second-order differential equations of the form x&Ti + A(t, x)x = 0, t ∈ [0, π], x ∈ RN, where A(t, x) is a symmetric N × N matrix. We concentrate on an asymptotically linear situation and we prove the existence of multiple solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated to the system. Multiplicity is obtained by a comparison between the number of moments of verticality of the matrices A0(t) and A∞(t), which are the uniform limits of A(t, x) for |x| → 0 and |x| → +∞, respectively. For the proof, which is based on a generalized shooting approach, we provide a theorem on the existence of zeros of a class of N-dimensional vector fields.
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