Stable oscillations and Devil's staircase in the van der Pol oscillator

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Gilbert, T ^a   Gammon, R W ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 0010465139     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127400000098     Document Type: Article

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