Variational calculation of the period of nonlinear oscillators

DOI10.1023/B:JOSS.0000037219.42798.F7zbMATH Open1129.34307arXivnlin/0409003OpenAlexW1977652983WikidataQ59158147 ScholiaQ59158147MaRDI QIDQ2385673FDOQ2385673

Rafael D. Benguria, M. Cristina Depassier

Publication date: 12 October 2007

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The problem of calculating the period of second order nonlinear autonomous oscillators is formulated as an eigenvalue problem. We show that the period can be obtained from two integral variational principles dual to each other. Upper and lower bounds on the period can be obtained to any desired degree of accuracy. The results are illustrated by an application to the Duffing equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0409003

zbMATH Keywords

dualityvariational principlesnonlinear oscillators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theoretical approximation of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34A45) Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Nonlinear oscillations and coupled oscillators for ordinary differential equations (34C15) Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Equilibria and periodic trajectories for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K42)

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