Properties of second-order ordinary differential equations invariant under time translation and self-similar transformation

DOI10.1063/1.529306zbMath0734.34029MaRDI QIDQ3361162

Peter G. L. Leach, Marc R. Feix, S. Bouquet

Publication date: 1991

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529306

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behavior; limit cycle; period; second-order ordinary differential equation; physical interpretation; time translation; self- similarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

34C05: Topological structure of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles of ordinary differential equations

34C20: Transformation and reduction of ordinary differential equations and systems, normal forms

34A34: Nonlinear ordinary differential equations and systems

34A25: Analytical theory of ordinary differential equations: series, transformations, transforms, operational calculus, etc.

34D05: Asymptotic properties of solutions to ordinary differential equations

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