Limit cycles for planar piecewise linear differential systems via first integrals

Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-50

  Llibre, Jaume ^a   Nuñez, Eduardo ^a   Teruel, Antonio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

First integrals; Limit cycles; Piecisewise linear differential systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896693965     PISSN: 15755460     EISSN: 16623592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02969332     Document Type: Article

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