A commentary ``On the periodic solutions of a forced second-order equation by S. P. Hastings and J. B. McLeod

DOI10.1007/BF01209068zbMath0813.34040OpenAlexW2055803655MaRDI QIDQ1322679

Stephen Wiggins, Tasso J. Kaper

Publication date: 28 May 1995

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01209068

zbMATH Keywords

global perturbation methodgeometrical approachMelnikov's methodhomoclinic tangleadiabatic dynamical systemnonlinear dynamical systems theorysmale horseshoe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99)

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