Old and new results for first order periodic ODEs without uniqueness: A comprehensive study by lower and upper solutions

Advanced Nonlinear Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-376

  Obersnel, Franco ^a   Omari, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Almost periodic solution; Ambrosetti Prodi problem; First order scalar ordinary differential equation; Heteroclinic; Lower and upper solutions; Periodic solution; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744360674     PISSN: 15361365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ans-2004-0306     Document Type: Article

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