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Limit cycles of the van der Pol equation
The red curve is the van der Pol limit cycle and the black curves are algebraic approximations you get with the algorithm we introduced.
It is a formal algorithm which outputs a two variables polynomial. One of the level curve of this polynomial is an approximation the limit cycle.
The orders n=2,4,6, ... are differents from a Taylor expansion. The lower part of the order n is in no way equal to any part of order less than n.
ordre 2
ordre 6
ordre 18