Graça, DanielZhong, Ning2012-04-132012-04-132009AUT: DGR01772;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1019In this note we investigate the problem of computing the domain of attraction of a ow on R2 for a given attractor. We consider an operator that takes two inputs, the description of the ow and a cover of the attractors, and outputs the domain of attraction for the given attractor. We show that: (i) if we consider only (structurally) stable systems, the operator is (strictly semi-)computable; (ii) if we allow all systems de ned by C1-functions, the operator is not (semi-)computable. We also address the problem of computing limit cycles on these systems.engComputing domains of attraction for planar dynamicsbook part