On the sensitivity of strongly nonlinear autonomous oscillators and oscillatory waves to small perturbations

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-385

  Smith, Warren R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear oscillator; Nonlinear oscillatory wave

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PENDULUMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR; NONLINEAR OSCILLATORY WAVE; SMALL PERTURBATIONS;

OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 20444372613     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxh041     Document Type: Article

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