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For autonomous nonlinear and non-conservative systems described by the differential equations
a new kind of trajectory, the limit cycle, has been briefly encountered at various points in the preceding chapters. The Van der Pol (VdP) electronic oscillator with P(x, y) = y and Q(x, y) = ∈(1-x 2)y - x, for example, made its debut in Chapter 2. In this chapter we would like to explore some of the more important properties of limit cycles in greater depth.
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Enns, R.H., McGuire, G.C. (2004). Limit Cycles. In: Nonlinear Physics with Mathematica for Scientists and Engineers. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0211-0_7
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