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On the number of zeros of Melnikov functions

Dynamical Systems 2010-07-06 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We provide an effective uniform upper bond for the number of zeros of the first non-vanishing Melnikov function of a polynomial perturbations of a planar polynomial Hamiltonian vector field. The bound depends on degrees of the field and of the perturbation, and on the order kk of the Melnikov function. The generic case k=1k=1 was considered by Binyamini, Novikov and Yakovenko (\cite{BNY-Inf16}). The bound follows from an effective construction of the Gauss-Manin connection for iterated integrals.

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@article{arxiv.1007.0672,
  title  = {On the number of zeros of Melnikov functions},
  author = {Dmitry Novikov and Sergey Benditkis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.0672},
  year   = {2010}
}