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On the Forced Lienard Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R.R. Stevens*
Affiliation:
University of Montana
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We consider the second order differential equation

(1)

with the assumptions that

(2) f(x) is continuous (- ∞ < x < ∞) and p(t) is continuous and bounded: |p(t)| ≤ E, - ∞ < t < ∞.

Also, throughout this paper, F(x) denotes an antiderivative of f(x).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1969

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