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Consider a one-parameter family of algebraic varieties degenerating to a reducible one. Our main result is a formula for the fundamental cycle of the limit subscheme of any family of effective Cartier divisors. The formula expresses this…
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We analyze the dynamics of a class of $\mathbb{Z}_{2n}$-equivariant differential equations on the plane, depending on 4 real parameters. This study is the generalisation to $\mathbb{Z}_{2n}$ of previous works with $\mathbb{Z}_4$ and…
In this paper, we are interested in providing lower estimations for the maximum number of limit cycles $H(n)$ that planar piecewise linear differential systems with two zones separated by the curve $y=x^n$ can have, where $n$ is a positive…
The more exact upper estimate of the percolation threshold for the {\it site problem} on the quadratic lattice ${\Bbb Z}^2$ have been found on the basis of the cluster decomposition. It is done by the number estimate of cycles on ${\Bbb…
We will consider two special families of polynomial perturbations of the linear center. For the resulting perturbed systems, which are generalized Li\'enard systems, we provide the exact upper bound for the number of limit cycles that…
We propose a program for finding the cyclicity of period annuli of quadratic systems with centers of genus one. As a first step, we classify all such systems and determine the essential one-parameter quadratic perturbations which produce…
In this paper, we study the number of limit cycles which bifurcate from the periodic orbits of cubic polynomial vector fields of Lotka-Volterra type having a rational first integral of degree 2, under polynomial perturbations of degree $n$.…
In this paper, a quadratic system with two parallel straight line-isoclines is considered. This system corresponds to the system of class II in the classification of Ye Yanqian. Using the field rotation parameters of the constructed…
We consider the 1-parameter family of planar quintic systems, $\dot x= y^3-x^3$, $\dot y= -x+my^5$, introduced by A. Bacciotti in 1985. It is known that it has at most one limit cycle and that it can exist only when the parameter $m$ is in…
There is a sizable literature on investigating the minimum and maximum numbers of cycles in a class of graphs. However, the answer is known only for special classes. This paper presents a result on the smallest number of cycles in…
In this paper, using our bifurcational geometric approach, we solve the problem on the maximum number and distribution of limit cycles in the Kukles system representing a planar polynomial dynamical system with arbitrary linear and cubic…
In this paper we extend three results about polycycles (also known as graphs) of planar smooth vector field to planar non-smooth vector fields (also known as piecewise vector fields, or Filippov systems). The polycycles considered here may…
We study a class of planar continuous piecewise linear vector fields with three zones. Using the Poincar\'e map and some techniques for proving the existence of limit cycles for smooth differential systems, we prove that this class admits…
This paper deals with the problem of limit cycle bifurcations for a piecewise near-Hamilton system with four regions separated by algebraic curves $y=\pm x^2$. By analyzing the obtained first order Melnikov function, we give an upper bound…
The Riemann-Hilbert boundary value problem is studied for a class of planar complex vector fields $L$ in a simply connected open set $\Om\subset\R^2$. The first integrals of $L$ are used to reduce the problem into a collection of classical…
This paper investigates the exact number of limit cycles given by the averaging theory of first order for the piecewise smooth integrable non-Hamiltonian system \begin{eqnarray*} (\dot{x},\ \dot{y})=\begin{cases} (-y(x+a)^2+\varepsilon…
We consider the multiplicity of limit cycles that appear when a hyperbolic polycycle is perturbed. We prove, in particular, that if such unfolding happens in generic finite-parameter families, the multiplicity of every new limit cycle does…
We investigate the maximal number $N_h(m)$ of normally hyperbolic limit tori in three-dimensional polynomial vector fields of degree $m$, which extends the classical notion of Hilbert numbers to higher dimensions. Using recent developments…