Limit cycles. (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Ch½in, Y.-H. Ordinary differential equations and Hilbert's 16th problem, 1988: CIP galley (limit cycles: isolated closed solution curves as limiting positions of their neighboring solution curves)

Yeh, Y.-C. Theory of limit cycles, c1986.

McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech. (limit cycle of a differential equation: a closed trajectory C in the plane (corresponding to a periodic solution of the equation) where every point of C has a neighborhood so that every trajectory through it spirals toward C)

Math. subj. classif. (Global analysis, analysis on manifolds, 58-XX; Ordinary differential equations on manifolds, dynamical systems, 58Fxx; Limit cycles, etc., 58F21; Ordinary differential equations, 34-XX; Qualitative theory, 34Cxx; Location of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles, 34C05)

Encyc. dict. math.: p. 496, under Dynamical systems (limit cycles)

Compumath cit. index.

Random House; James. Math. dict.; Web. 3