Sufficient Conditions for Oscillation of the Liénard Equation

Abstract

Some sufficient conditions for oscillation of the generalized Liénard equations $${⩀t x}=h(y)-F(x),$$ $${⩀t y}=-g(x)$$ are given, which generalize the results of [1–7].

Keywords

Liénard equation / Oscillation / 34C10 / O175.24

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