Isochronous waveforms of Liénard equations via commutative factorization

Abstract

Isochronous waveform solutions of homogeneous Liénard equations are obtained by a modification of the nonlinear factorization method of Rosu and Cornejo-Pérez. The scheme is based on the assumption that the intermediate function $\Phi$ that can be introduced in this factorization method depends on both the dependent and independent variables of the nonlinear equation. The method is applied to three cases, a noted cubic anharmonic oscillator, a Liénard-reduced form of the Sharma-Tasso-Olver evolution equation, and the cubic-quintic Wilson's Liénard equation. All these cases are written in a commutative factored form that allows to obtain the general solutions as solutions of a certain type of Bernoulli differential equation. A theorem is also given asserting the general form of the Liénard equation, i.e., for given polynomial degree n of its coefficients, which can be solved by this method. The conditions under which these equations can be also approached by non-local transformations are established.

arXiv comment18 pages, 5 figures, 38 references; published version

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