vanderpol_ode_period


vanderpol_ode_period, a Python code which sets up and solves the ordinary differential equations (ODE) defining a van der Pol Oscillator in order to estimate the period of the limit cycle.

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The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

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vanderpol_ode_period is available in a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Reference:

  1. John D Cook,
    Calculating the period of Van der Pol Oscillators,
    https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/12/26/van-der-pol-period/
    26 December 2019.
  2. T Kanamaru,
    Van der Pol oscillator,
    Scholarpedia, 2(1), 2202, (2007).

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Last revised on 14 December 2021.