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A survey of the Poincar\'e Center Problem in degree 3 using finite field heuristics

Algebraic Geometry 2010-12-16 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We compare a heuristic count of components of the center variety in degree 3 with the equivalent count obtained from known families. From this comparison we conjecture that more than 100 unknown components exist.

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@article{arxiv.1012.3402,
  title  = {A survey of the Poincar\'e Center Problem in degree 3 using finite field heuristics},
  author = {Hans-Christian Graf v. Bothmer and Jakob Kröker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3402},
  year   = {2010}
}

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21 pages, one figure. Programs uses are available at http://www.centerfocus.de