Boundary Value Problems for Liénard-Type Equations with Quadratic Dependence on the “Velocity”

Abstract

The estimates were obtained for the number of solutions for the Neumann and Dirichlet boundary value problems associated with the Liénard equation with a quadratic dependence on the “velocity.” Sabatini’s transformation is used to reduce this equation to a conservative one, which does not contain the derivative of an unknown function. Despite the one-to-one correspondence between the equilibria, the topological structure of the phase portraits of both equations can differ significantly.