Oscillator coupled to slow damping feedback ($R_T=-YR,Y_T=⟨g(R\cos \theta )⟩$)

For $x^{\prime \prime }+x=-2\epsilon y{x}^{\prime }$ and $y^{\prime }=\epsilon g(x)$, the method of multiple scales gives the displayed amplitude-phase equations, together with constant leading phase. For $g(x)=x$, $Y$ is constant and $R$ changes exponentially. For $g(x)=\log |x|$ and positive amplitude, the integrable phase average is $\log (R/2)$. Thus $L=\log (R/2)$ obeys $L_{TT}+L=0$ with $L_T=-Y$. The identically zero oscillator is inadmissible for logarithmic feedback, whose force is undefined there.