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Number of limit cycles of the Liénard equation
Hector Giacomini & Sébastien Neukirch
Physical Review E 56 \#4 (1997) 3809
Abstract : In this paper, we study a Li\'enard system of the form $\dot{x}=y-F(x) , \dot{y}=-x$, where $F(x)$ is an odd polynomial. We introduce a method that gives a sequence of algebraic approximations to the equation of each limit cycle of the system. This sequence seems to converge to the exact equation of each limit cycle. We obtain also a sequence of polynomials $R_n(x)$ whose roots of odd multiplicity are related to the number and location of the limit cycles of the system.
PACS numbers : 05.45.+b , 02.30.Hq , 02.60.Lj , 03.20.+i
Key words : Liénard equation, limit cycles.
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