Asymptotically autonomous differential equations in the plane

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 351-380

  Thieme, Horst R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotically autonomous; Butler and McGehee Lemma; Chemostat; Closed (periodic) orbits; Cyclical chains; Differential equations; Domain of attraction; Dulac (divergence) criterion; Dynamical sys tems; Epidemics; Equilibria; Global stability; Gradostat; Limit equations; Limit set trichotomy; Poincar bendixson theorem; Undamped duffing oscillator; W limit sets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881166951     PISSN: 00357596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1216/rmjm/1181072470     Document Type: Article

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