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Asymptotic Methods for Relaxation Oscillations and Applications

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Johan Grasman

    1. Department of Mathematics, State University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Applied Mathematical Sciences (AMS, volume 63)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Johan Grasman
    Pages 1-22

  3. Free Oscillation

    • Johan Grasman
    Pages 23-114

  4. Forced Oscillation and Mutual Entrainment

    • Johan Grasman
    Pages 115-150

  5. The Van der Pol Oscillator with a Sinusoidal Forcing Term

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    Pages 151-199

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 201-223
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About this book

In various fields of science, notably in physics and biology, one is con­ fronted with periodic phenomena having a remarkable temporal structure: it is as if certain systems are periodically reset in an initial state. A paper of Van der Pol in the Philosophical Magazine of 1926 started up the investigation of this highly nonlinear type of oscillation for which Van der Pol coined the name "relaxation oscillation". The study of relaxation oscillations requires a mathematical analysis which differs strongly from the well-known theory of almost linear oscillations. In this monograph the method of matched asymptotic expansions is employed to approximate the periodic orbit of a relaxation oscillator. As an introduction, in chapter 2 the asymptotic analysis of Van der Pol's equation is carried out in all detail. The problem exhibits all features characteristic for a relaxation oscillation. From this case study one may learn how to handle other or more generally formulated relaxation oscillations. In the survey special attention is given to biological and chemical relaxation oscillators. In chapter 2 a general definition of a relaxation oscillation is formulated.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, State University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Johan Grasman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Asymptotic Methods for Relaxation Oscillations and Applications

  • Authors: Johan Grasman

  • Series Title: Applied Mathematical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1056-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96513-0Published: 03 April 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1056-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0066-5452

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-968X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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