Non-continuation of the periodic oscillations of a forced pendulum in the presence of friction

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2659-2665

  Ortega, Rafael ^a   Serra, Enrico ^b   Tarallo, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita   (Italy)

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EID: 23044521512     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9939-00-05389-2     Document Type: Article

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