Singular points and limit cycles of planar polynomial vector fields

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-37

  Itenberg, Ilia ^a   Shustin, Eugeniĭ ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0034652872     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-00-10211-6     Document Type: Article

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