Van der Pol and the history of relaxation oscillations: Toward the emergence of a concept

DOI10.1063/1.3670008zbMath1331.34003arXiv1408.4890OpenAlexW3099933143WikidataQ30557897 ScholiaQ30557897MaRDI QIDQ2787762

Jean-Marc Ginoux, Christophe Letellier

Publication date: 4 March 2016

Published in: Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.4890

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Nonlinear oscillations and coupled oscillators for ordinary differential equations (34C15) Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations (34C10) Complex behavior and chaotic systems of ordinary differential equations (34C28) History of ordinary differential equations (34-03) Relaxation oscillations for ordinary differential equations (34C26)

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