ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
Remarks on some monotonicity conditions for the period function
Authors 1, 1
Affiliations
- Institut Galilée, LAGA CNRS UMR 7539, Université Paris XIII, 93430 Villetaneuse, France
Abstract
We are interested in the optimality of monotonicity criteria for the period function of some planar Hamiltonian systems. This study is illustrated by examples.
Keywords
ordinary differential equation, periodic solutions, period function
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