## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### Periodic Solutions for Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Nonlinearity

#### Abstract

By using minimax methods in critical point theory, we obtain the existence of periodic solutions for second-order ordinary differential equations with linear nonlinearity.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 670287, 6 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 26 March 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1395858323

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2014/670287

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3166642

#### Citation

Hu, Xiaohong; Wang, Dabin; Wang, Changyou. Periodic Solutions for Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Nonlinearity. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 670287, 6 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/670287. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1395858323

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