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In 1975, the “method of transition into space of derivatives” was proposed. It is an efficiently verifiable frequency criterion for the existence of a nontrivial periodic solution in multidimensional models of automatic control systems with one differentiable nonlinear term. The method used the classical torus principle and refrained from any constructions in the phase space of the system under study. Moreover, the method allowed researchers to broaden the class of systems to which it could be applied. In this work, we give a survey of the results presenting generalization and expansion of the method. We also show the connection between the method of transition into space of derivatives, the well-known generalized Poincaré–Bendixson principle proposed by R. A. Smith, and the results of contemporary authors who are active in the theory of oscillations in multidimensional systems. In the recent years, the author obtained frequency criteria for the existence of orbitally stable cycles in multiinput multioutput (MIMO) control systems and methods for the construction of multidimensional systems having a unique equilibrium and an arbitrarily prescribed number of orbitally stable cycles, which are described in the paper. The extension of the generalized Poincaré–Bendixson principle to multidimensional systems with angular coordinate is presented. We show the application of described methods of investigation of oscillation processes in multidimensional dynamical systems to solving S. Smale’s problem in the chemical kinetics theory of biological cells and also to finding hidden attractors of the generalized Chua system and the minimal global attractor of a system with a polynomial nonlinear term. The publication is illustrated by numerous examples.
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Burkin, I.M. Method of “transition into space of derivatives”: 40 years of evolution. Diff Equat 51, 1717–1751 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012266115130054
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