Bifurcation of the equilibrium of an oscillator with a velocity-dependent restoring force under periodic perturbations (Q2009903)

The authors investigate the nonlinear, periodically perturbed differential equation \[ \ddot{x} + x^{p/q} + a x^m \dot{x} = X(x, \dot{x}, t, \varepsilon). \] First, they construct explicit solutions for the unperturbed equation. For certain combinations of the parameters \(p\), \(q\) and \(a\) the solution curves are periodic and surround the origin. Next, the authors introduce sophisticated polar coordinates and, by applying the averaging theory by Krylov and Bogolyubov, they derive a bifurcation equation whose solutions correspond to quasi-periodic oscillations of the perturbed system. The article provides a good idea how to treat some cases of perturbed nonlinear oscillators. The reviewer is wondering, whether resonances between the unperturbed oscillations and the time-periodic excitation have any influence on the presented results.