Petrarch's canzoniere: Rational addiction and amorous cycles

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-240

  Feichtinger, Gustav ^a   Jørgensen, Steffen ^b   Novak, Andreas J ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; Differential equations; Limit cycle; Love affairs; Optimal control theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245709     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.1999.9990221     Document Type: Article

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