Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis
Volume 5 (1992), Issue 3, Pages 261-274
doi:10.1155/S1048953392000212

Boundedness and asymptotic stability in the large of solutions of an ordinary differential system y=f(t,y,y)

M. Venkatesulu and P. D. N. Srinivasu

Department of Mathematics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthinilayam 515 134, Andhra Pradesh, India

Received 1 February 1991; Revised 1 December 1991

Copyright © 1992 M. Venkatesulu and P. D. N. Srinivasu. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Differential equations of the form y=f(t,y,y), where f is not necessarily linear in its arguments, represent certain physical phenomena and solutions have been known for quite some time. The well known Clairut's and Chrystal's equations fall into this category. Earlier existence of solutions of first order initial value problems and stability of solutions of first order ordinary differential system of the above type were established. In this paper we study boundedness and asymptotic stability in the large of solutions of an ordinary differential system of the above type under certain natural hypotheses on f.