Limit cycle uniqueness for a class of planar dynamical systems

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1180-1184

  Sabatini, M ^a   Villari, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Li nard equation; Limit cycle; Lotka Volterra; Rayleigh equation; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

POSITION CONTROL; THEOREM PROVING; VELOCITY;

LIÉNARD EQUATION; LIMIT CYCLE; LOTKA-VOLTERRA; RAYLEIGH EQUATION; UNIQUENESS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 33745672473     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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