Open AccessA priori bounds for periodic solutions of a delay Rayleigh equation with damping
Author(s) -
Gen-Qiang Wang,
Sui Sun Cheng
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
tamkang journal of mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.324
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 0049-2930
pISSN - 2073-9826
DOI - 10.5556/j.tkjm.34.2003.321
Subject(s) - mathematics , a priori and a posteriori , rayleigh scattering , continuation , mathematical analysis , a priori estimate , computer science , physics , philosophy , epistemology , optics , programming language
A priori bounds are established for periodic solutions of a Rayleigh equation with delay and damping. Such bounds are useful since existence theorems for periodic solutions can then be obtained by means of Mawhin's continuation theorem