A method of initialvalue transformation was presented to obtain the approximate analytic periods of a class of nonlinear oscillators. The periodic solutions can be expressed in the forms of basic harmonics and bifurcate harmonics. Thus, an oscillation system, which is described as a second order ordinary differential equation, can be expressed as a set of nonlinear algebraic equations with a frequency, amplitudes as the independent variables using RitzGalerkin’s method. But the set of equations is incomplete, and the key is to consider initial value transformation. After adding supplementary equations, a set of nonlinear algebraic equations with angular frequencies, amplitudes as the independent variables was constituted completely. For examples, six asymmetric periodic solutions bifurcating about a nonlinear differential equation arising in general relativity were solved by using the method of initialvalue transform. Amplitudefrequency curves and central offsetfrequency curves of the asymmetrically vibration systems were derived. In addition, the drift phenomenon of natural angular frequency was discovered.
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