Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 10252, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/AAA/2006/10252

Multiple periodic solutions for a class of second-order nonlinear neutral delay equations

Xiao-Bao Shu1 and Yuan-Tong Xu2

1Department of Mathematics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
2Department of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou 510275, China

Abstract

By means of a variational structure and Z2-group index theory, we obtain multiple periodic solutions to a class of second-order nonlinear neutral delay equations of the formx(tτ)+λ(t)f(t,x(t),x(tτ),x(t2τ))=x(t),λ(t)>0,τ>0.