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Optimal method for swinging the swing

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We compute the greatest lower bound of multipliers of the generalized Mathieu equations \( \ddot x \)+(1+p(t))x = 0 with continuous π-periodic functions p(·) satisfying some additional constraints.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.S. Kolesov, 2010, published in Differentsial’nye Uravneniya, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1488–1494.

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Kolesov, Y.S. Optimal method for swinging the swing. Diff Equat 46, 1491–1497 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012266110100137

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