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The Damped Mathieu Equation
Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
  • Larry Turyn, Wright State University - Main Campus
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Publication Date
6-1-1993
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Abstract

We establish an asymptotic lower bound for the minimum excitation needed to cause instability for the damped Mathieu equation. The methods used are Floquet theory and Lyapunov-Schmidt, and we use a fact about the width of the instability interval for the undamped Mathieu equation. Our results are compared with published numerical data.

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First published in the Quarterly of Applied Mathematics in volume 51, issue 2, published by Brown University.

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Larry Turyn. "The Damped Mathieu Equation" Quarterly of Applied Mathematics Vol. 51 Iss. 2 (1993) p. 389 - 398 ISSN: 0033-569X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/larry_turyn/4/