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Nonlinear autonomous dynamic systems, limit cycles, and one-parameter groups of transformations

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The connection between nonlinear autonomous dynamic systems, limit cycles, and one-parameter groups of transformations is described. To illustrate the approach, an example is given.

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  1. Willi -H. Steeb

    Present address: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Kiel, D-23, Kiel, West Germany

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Steeb, W.H. Nonlinear autonomous dynamic systems, limit cycles, and one-parameter groups of transformations. Lett Math Phys 2, 171–174 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398584

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