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The van der Pol System

Part 4: Summary

  1. What can you say about the equilibrium point at (0,0) of the van der Pol system?
  2. What can you say about solutions with large initial values for both current and voltage?
  3. What is the eventual fate of all nonequilibrium solutions?
  4. How does the limit cycle change as the parameter a changes?
  5. For large values of a, the limit cycle has a distinctive shape. Describe the consequences of that shape in terms of current and voltage in the circuit.
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