Qualitative analysis of the phase portrait for a class of planar vector fields via the comparison method

Timoteo Carletti, Lilia Rosati, Gabriele Villari

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    Abstract

    The phase portrait of the second-order differential equation $$ \ddot{x} + \sum_{l=0}^n f_l(x)\dot{x}^l=0, $$ is studied. Some results concerning existence, non-existence and uniqueness of limit cycles are presented. In particular, a generalization of the classical Massera uniqueness result is proved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)39-51
    Number of pages13
    JournalNonlinearAnalysis
    Volume67
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • Qualitative theory
    • Planar vector fields
    • Limit cycles

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