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On the integrability of some forced nonlinear oscillators
We consider integrability properties of a family of forced nonlinear oscillators, which generalizes the Liénardequation. We demonstrate that some forced oscillators with previously known first integrals can be linearizedvia certain nonlocal transformations. Furthermore, we show that the whole family of Liénard (𝑛,𝑛+1) equations with arbitrary external forcing admits a first integral. We study in detail the case of the Liénard (3,4) equationdue to its value for applications. We prove that despite the fact that this equation possesses one Darboux firstintegral and can be linearized, it does not have an additional Darboux integral and, hence, is not Darbouxintegrable. Therefore, we demonstrate that certain nonlocal transformations do not preserve the property ofDarboux integrability.