Boundedness in forced isochronous oscillators

Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with the boundedness of all solutions for the forced isochronous oscillator $$x^{\prime \prime }+V^{\prime }(x)+g(x)=f(t),$$ where $V$ is a so-called $T$-isochronous potential, the perturbation $g$ is assumed to be bounded, and the $2\pi$-periodic function $f(t)$ is smooth. Using the resonant small twist theorem and averaged small twist theorem established by Ortega, we will prove the boundedness of all solutions for the above forced isochronous oscillator in the resonant and non-resonant cases under some reasonable assumptions, respectively.