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To the memory of Aristide Halanay (1924–1997) of the University of Bucharest, founding editor of theJournal of Differential Equations.

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Diacu, F. A century-long loop. The Mathematical Intelligencer 22, 19–25 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025370

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