On the structure of the solution set of forced pendulum-type equations

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-208

  Serra, Enrico ^a   Tarallo, Massimo ^b   Terracini, Susanna ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Dipto di Matematica del Politecnico   (Italy)

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EID: 0030295256     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1996.0160     Document Type: Article

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