Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2001(2001), No. 74, pp. 1-10. Title: Sufficient conditions for functions to form Riesz bases in $L_2$ and applications to nonlinear boundary-value problems Author: Peter E. Zhidkov (Bogoliubov Lab. of Theoretical Physics, Dubna, Russia) Abstract: We find sufficient conditions for systems of functions to be Riesz bases in $L_2(0,1)$. Then we improve a theorem presented in [13] by showing that a ``standard'' system of solutions of a nonlinear boundary-value problem, normalized to 1, is a Riesz basis in $L_2(0,1)$. The proofs in this article use Bari's theorem. Submitted September 24, 2001. Published December 4, 2001 Math Subject Classifications: 41A58, 42C15, 34L10, 34L30. Key Words: Riesz basis; infinite sequence of solutions; nonlinear boundary-value problem.