Dissipative effects in piecewise linear dynamics

Coman, C.D. (2003) Dissipative effects in piecewise linear dynamics. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems: Series B, 3(2), pp. 163-177. (doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2003.3.163)

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Abstract

This work revisits a couple of well-known piecewise linear oscillators pointing out several unnoticed properties. In particular, for one of these oscillators we study under what conditions bounded motions are possible and investigate the effect of viscous damping on its trajectories. The article complements a relatively recent paper by Capecchi [10] and presents a non-trivial counterexample to the wide-spread belief according to which chaos is ubiquitous in piecewise linear systems.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Coman, Dr Ciprian
Authors: Coman, C.D.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Mathematics
Journal Name:Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems: Series B
ISSN:1531-3492
ISSN (Online):1553-524X
Published Online:01 February 2003

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