Existence, uniqueness, boundedness and stability of periodic solutions of a certain second-order nonlinear differential equation with damping and resonance effects

Summary In this paper, some qualitative behaviors of solutions for certain second-order nonlinear differential equation with damping and resonance effects are considered. By employing Lyapunov’s direct method, a complete Lyapunov function was used to investigate the stability of the system. Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem was used to establish sufficient conditions that guaranteed the existence and boundedness of a unique solution. The results show that the equilibrium point was asymptotically stable. Furthermore, a test for periodicity was conducted using the Bendixson criterion, and the results showed that the solution of the second-order nonlinear differential equation is aperiodic, which extends some results from the literature.