## Communications in Mathematical Analysis

### Variational Methods and Almost Periodic Solutions of Second Order Functional Differential Equations with Infinite Delay

Moez Ayachi

#### Abstract

By means of variational methods, we study the existence and uniqueness of almost periodic solutions for a class of second order neutral functional differential equations with infinite delay.

#### Article information

Source
Commun. Math. Anal., Volume 9, Number 1 (2010), 15-31.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 21 April 2010

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cma/1271890715

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2569958

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1195.34107

#### Citation

Ayachi, Moez. Variational Methods and Almost Periodic Solutions of Second Order Functional Differential Equations with Infinite Delay. Commun. Math. Anal. 9 (2010), no. 1, 15--31. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.cma/1271890715

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