Limit cycle

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:application gptkb:Control_theory
Biology
Electrical engineering
Oscillatory chemical reactions
gptkbp:describes Closed trajectory in phase space
gptkbp:example gptkb:Lotka–Volterra_equations
gptkb:Van_der_Pol_oscillator
Rayleigh oscillator
gptkbp:field Nonlinear systems
Dynamical systems
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1882
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Limit cycle
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkbp:property Attracts nearby trajectories
Can be stable, unstable, or semi-stable
Isolated closed trajectory
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hopf_bifurcation
Nonlinear oscillation
Periodic orbit
Phase portrait
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Attractor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7