The universal bound property for a class of second order ODEs

Abstract

We consider the scalar second order ODE u + |u | $\alpha$ u + |u| $\beta$ u = 0, where $\alpha$, $\beta$ are two positive numbers and the non-linear semi-group S(t) generated on IR 2 by the system in (u, u). We prove that S(t)IR 2 is bounded for all t > 0 whenever 0 < $\alpha$ < $\beta$ and moreover there is a constant C independent of the initial data such that $\forall$t > 0, u (t) 2 + |u(t)| $\beta$+2 $\le$ C max{t -- 2 $\alpha$ , t -- ($\alpha$+1)($\beta$+2) $\beta$--$\alpha$ }.