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Stability for a family of planar systems with nilpotent critical points

Dynamical Systems 2024-06-05 v1

Abstract

Consider a family of planar polynomial systems x˙=y2l1x2k+1,y˙=x+my2s+1,\dot x = y^{2l-1} - x^{2k+1}, \dot y =-x +m y^{2s+1}, where l,k,sN,l,k,s\in\mathbb{N^*}, 2l2s2\le l \le 2s and mR.m\in\mathbb{R}. We study the center-focus problem on its origin which is a monodromic nilpotent critical point. By directly calculating the generalized Lyapunov constants, we find that the origin is always a focus and we complete the classification of its stability. This includes the most difficult case: s=kls=kl and m=(2k+1)!!/(2kl+1)!(2l).m=(2k+1)!!/(2kl+1)!_{(2l)}. In this case, we prove that the origin is always unstable. Our result extends and completes a previous one.

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@article{arxiv.2406.02226,
  title  = {Stability for a family of planar systems with nilpotent critical points},
  author = {Ziwei Zhuang and Changjian Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.02226},
  year   = {2024}
}