History of Nonlinear Oscillations Theory in France (1880-1940)

Part I. From sustained oscillations to relaxation oscillationsChapter 1. From the series-dynamo machine to the singing arcChapter 2. The Great War and the first triode designsChapter 3. Van der Pol's prototype equation
Part II. From relaxation oscillations to self-oscillationsChapter 4. Van der Pol's lecturesChapter 5. Andronov's notesChapter 6. Response to Van der Pol's and Andronov's work in FranceChapter 7. The first International Conference on Nonlinear processes: Paris 1933Chapter 8. The paradigm of relaxation oscillations in France
Part III. From self-oscillations to quasi-periodic oscillationsChapter 9. The Poincaré-Lindstedt methodChapter 10. Van der Pol's methodChapter 11. The Krylov-Bogolyubov methodChapter 12. The Mandelstam-Papeleksi SchoolChapter 13. From quasi-periodic functions to recurrent motionsChapter 14. Hadamard and his seminary.