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The van der Pol System*

David Smith, Duke University

with the assistance of
Jer-Chin Chuang, Furman University
John Michel, Marietta College

Purpose: To explore the van der Pol model for a nonlinear electrical circuit -- in particular, to study the limit cycle phenomenon.

Prerequisite: The module on Forced Spring Motion.

* Based on a laboratory in Differential Equations Laboratory Workbook, by R. L. Borrelli, C. Coleman, and W. E. Boyce, Wiley, 1992.

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