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Limit cycle's uniqueness for second order O.D.E.'s polynomial in $\dot x$

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2010-11-09 v1

Abstract

We prove a uniqueness result for limit cycles of the second order ODE x¨+j=1Jfj(x)x˙j+g(x)=0\ddot x + \sum_{j=1}^{J}f_{j}(x)\dot x^{j} + g(x) = 0. We extend a uniqueness result proved in \cite{CRV}. The main tool applied is an extension of Massera theorem proved in \cite{GS}.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1785,
  title  = {Limit cycle's uniqueness for second order O.D.E.'s polynomial in $\dot x$},
  author = {Marco Sabatini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1785},
  year   = {2010}
}

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