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Existence of limit cycles for a class of autonomous systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Anthony Sofo
Anthony Sofo
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.
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Abstract

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A proof is given for the existence of at least one stable periodic limit cycle solution for the polynomial non-linear differential equation of the form

in some cases where the Levinson-Smith criteria are not directly applicable.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , December 1983 , pp. 331 - 337
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1983

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