ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Remarks on some monotonicity conditions for the period function

Authors 1, 1

Affiliations

  1. 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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Pages:
243-252
Main language of publication
English
Received
1998-02-02
Accepted
1998-12-20
Published
1999
Exact and natural sciences