## Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

### Asymptotically Autonomous Differential Equations in the Plane

Horst R. Thieme

#### Article information

Source
Rocky Mountain J. Math., Volume 24, Number 1 (1993), 351-380.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 June 2007

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1181072470

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/rmjm/1181072470

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1270045

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0811.34036

Subjects
Primary: 34C35
Secondary: 34D05: Asymptotic properties 58F12 92D25: Population dynamics (general) 92D30: Epidemiology

#### Citation

Thieme, Horst R. Asymptotically Autonomous Differential Equations in the Plane. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 24 (1993), no. 1, 351--380. doi:10.1216/rmjm/1181072470. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1181072470

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