Exact multiplicity for periodic solutions of Duffing type

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Chen, Hongbin ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Hou, Xiaojie ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodic solution; Stability index; Topological degree

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; THEOREM PROVING; TOPOLOGY;

PERIODIC SOLUTIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0042013072     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(03)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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