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Rational Solutions of Abel Differential Equations

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-09-17 v1

Abstract

We study the rational solutions of the Abel equation x=A(t)x3+B(t)x2x'=A(t)x^3+B(t)x^2 where A,BC[t]A,B\in C[t]. We prove that if deg(A)deg(A) is even or deg(B)>(deg(A)1)/2deg(B)>(deg(A)-1)/2 then the equation has at most two rational solutions. For any other case, an upper bound on the number of rational solutions is obtained. Moreover, we prove that if there are more than (deg(A)+1)/2(deg(A)+1)/2 rational solutions then the equation admits a Darboux first integral.

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@article{arxiv.2109.07853,
  title  = {Rational Solutions of Abel Differential Equations},
  author = {J. L. Bravo and L. A. Calderon and M. Fernandez and I. Ojeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.07853},
  year   = {2021}
}

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19 pages

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