RESONANCE IN ALMOST LINEAR SYSTEMS.
Abstract
Estimates, useful for all times, are sought for the resonant response of a system with small non-linearity. It is shown that the method of multiple scales can be used to generate a representation which is formally asymptotic at all times and over a significant time interval is a valid approximation to some solution of the system. It is shown, by example that this estimate is not always a useful representation of any one solution for all time. Plausible arguments are given that the approximation is nevertheless useful for the determination of the behavior of a physical system if not of the pathological solutions of the differential equations which may represent it. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0662739
Entities
People
- H. C. Levey
- J. J. Mahony
Organizations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison