Twist character of the least amplitude periodic solution of the forced pendulum

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 844-867

  Lei, Jinzhi ^a   Li, Xiong ^a   Yan, Ping ^a   Zhang, Meirong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forced pendulum; Periodic solution; Third order approximation; Twist character; Twist coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142715977     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614100241037X     Document Type: Article

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