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We first introduce a simple and new method for the quantitative analysis of some nonlinear oscillating systems. It is shown that if the dynamics of the system reduces to piecewise exponential growth and exponential damping phases, then the amplitude and period of the motion can be computed with accuracy in the nonlinear regime without invoking linear stability arguments or perturbative expansions. This method is then successfully applied to the delayed logistic application and to the Lotka-Volterra prey-predator model. For both of these systems, we provide an accurate analytical expression for the period of the oscillations in the nonlinear regime.
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Received: 27 April 1998 / Received in final form: 25 June 1998 / Accepted: 29 June 1998
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Clanet, C., Villermaux, E. An analytical estimate of the period for the delayed logistic application and the Lotka-Volterra system. Eur. Phys. J. B 6, 529–536 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050580
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050580