Classical Liénard equations of degree n≥6 can have [n-1/2]+2 limit cycles

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2162-2176

  De Maesschalck, P ^a   Dumortier, F ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classical Li nard equations; Limit cycles; Relaxation oscillation; Singular perturbations; Slow fast system

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650982367     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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