1. Consider the constant-coefficient fifth-order differential equation:It is known from the general theory that the trivial solution of (1·1) is unstable if, and only if, the associated (auxiliary) equation:has at least one root with a positive real part. The existence of such a root naturally depends on (though not always all of) the coefficients a1, a2,…, a5. For example, ifit is clear from a consideration of the fact that the sum of the roots of (1·2) equals ( – a1) that at least one root of (1·2) has a positive real part for arbitrary values of a2,…, a5. A similar consideration, combined with the fact that the product of the roots of (1·2) equals ( – a5) will show that at least one root of (1·2) has a positive real part iffor arbitrary a2, a3 and a4. The condition a1 = 0 here in (1·4) is however superfluous whenfor then X(0) = a5 < 0 and X(R) > 0 if R > 0 is sufficiently large thus showing that there is a positive real root of (1·2) subject to (1·5) and for arbitrary a1, a2, a3 and a4.
1. This paper investigates the boundedness, as t → ∞, of the solutions of the real differential equationwhere α is a constant and φ2, φ3, ψ depend on the arguments shown with φ2, φ′3, ψ continuous.
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