PROPERTIES OF CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS AND EXISTENCE OF LIMIT CYCLES OF LIENARD''S EQUATION

In this paper, the author considers Lienard''s equation, studies the properties of so-called characteristic functions and gives three theorems which ensure that the equation has at least one limit cycle. The theorems generlize Filippov''s Theorem which is a repesentative result, Dragilev''s Theorem, Theorem 1 2 of [6], Theorem 9 of [8] and Theorems 1, 2 of [9] respectively.