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- From: ezli@ntu.ac.sg (Li Ziqing)
- Subject: Nonlinear Diff. Equ.
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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 00:51:15 GMT
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- Hi, there
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- I have a question on the existance and uniqueness of the
- following nonlinear differential equation
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- f(x) - C d [f'(x) h(f'(x))] /dx =g(x)
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- where C>0 is a constant, g(x) is a known, piecewise C^0
- continuous function and h(.) is a nonlinear function satisfying
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- (1) h(z) is C^1 continuous for all real z
- (2) h is even h(z)=h(-z),
- (3) h(z) >0,
- (4) h(z) < 0 for all z > 0 and
- (5) z h(z) --> 0 as z --> infinity
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- Examples of h(z) are
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- exp(-z^2/sigma), 1/(1+z^2/sigma)
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- where sigma>0 is a constant.
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- Are there any mathematicians or engineers out there who have
- any ideas about the existance and uniqueness of the above equation?
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- Any replies are greatly appreciated.
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- Z. Li
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