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We present a simpler proof of the existence of an exact number of one or more limit cycles to the Lienard system $\dot{x}=y-F(x) $, $\dot {y}=-g(xt)$, under weaker conditions on the odd functions $F(x) $ and $g(x) $ as compared to those…
We consider the Li\'enard equation and we give a sufficient condition to ensure existence and uniqueness of limit cycles. We compare our result with some other existing ones and we give some applications.
Lienard systems of the form $\ddot{x}+\epsilon f(x)\dot{x}+x=0$, with f(x) an even function, are studied in the strongly nonlinear regime ($\epsilon\to\infty$). A method for obtaining the number, amplitude and loci of the limit cycles of…
Lienard systems of the form $\ddot{x}+\epsilon f(x)\dot{x}+x=0$, with f(x) an even continous function, are considered. The bifurcation curves of limit cycles are calculated exactly in the weak ($\epsilon\to 0$) and in the strongly…
Lienard systems are very important mathematical models describing oscillatory processes arising in applied sciences. In this paper, we study polynomial Lienard systems of arbitrary degree on the plane, and develop a new method to obtain a…
Li\'enard equations of the form $\ddot{x}+\epsilon f(x)\dot{x}+x=0$, with $f(x)$ an even function, are considered in the weakly nonlinear regime ($\epsilon\to 0$). A perturbative algorithm for obtaining the number, amplitude and shape of…
Li\'{e}nard equations, $\ddot{x}+\epsilon f(x)\dot{x}+x=0$, with $f(x)$ an even continuous function are considered. In the weakly nonlinear regime ($\epsilon\to 0$), the number and an order zero in $\epsilon$ approximation of the amplitude…
Continuing the investigation for the number of crossing limit cycles of nonsmooth Li\'enard systems in [Nonlinearity 21(2008), 2121-2142] for the case of a unique equilibrium, in this paper we consider the case of any number of equilibria.…
In this paper, we study a Lienard system of the form dot{x}=y-F(x), dot{y}=-x, where F(x) is an odd polynomial. We introduce a method that gives a sequence of algebraic approximations to the equation of each limit cycle of the system. This…
In this paper, we study the maximum number of limit cycles for the piecewise smooth system of differential equations $\dot{x}=y, \ \dot{y}=-x-\varepsilon \cdot (f(x)\cdot y +{\rm sgn}(y)\cdot g(x))$. Using the averaging method, we were able…
In this paper, we study the maximum number, denoted by $H(m,n)$, of hyperelliptic limit cycles of the Li\'enard systems $$\dot x=y, \qquad \dot y=-f_m(x)y-g_n(x),$$ where, respectively, $f_m(x)$ and $g_n(x)$ are real polynomials of degree…
In recent papers we have introduced a method for the study of limit cycles of the Lienard system: dot{x}=y-F(x), dot{y}=-x, where F(x) is an odd polynomial. The method gives a sequence of polynomials R_n(x), whose roots are related to the…
In this paper a generalized Rayleigh-Li\'enard oscillator is consider and lower bounds for the number of limit cycles bifurcating from weak focus equilibria and saddle connections are provided. By assuming some open conditions on the…
This paper presents new results on the limit cycles of a Li\'enard system with symmetry allowing for discontinuity. Our results generalize and improve the results in [33,34]. The results in [34] are only valid for the smooth system. We…
This paper is concerned with the analytic behaviors (monotonicity, isochronicity and the number of critical points) of period function for potential system $\ddot{x}+g(x)=0$.We give some sufficient criteria to determine the monotonicity and…
We study limit cycles of nonlinear oscillators described by the equation $\ddot x + \nu F(\dot x) + x =0$. Depending on the nonlinearity this equation may exhibit different number of limit cycles. We show that limit cycles correspond to…
We give an explicit upper bound for a number of limit cycles of the Li\'enard equation $\dot{x}=y-F(x)$, $\dot{y}=-x$ of even degree in the case its unique singular point $(0,0)$ is a focus.
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…
In this paper, we study the bifurcation of limit cycles in Lienard systems of the form dot(x)=y-F(x), dot(y)=-x, where F(x) is an odd polynomial that contains, in general, several free parameters. By using a method introduced in a previous…
Considering Limit Cycles as one of the limits of Lienard equation, an analyis analogous to centre manifold analysis has been done for a $3-D$ nonlinear system exhibiting Limit Cycle. A rigorous study on radius of the Limit Cycle orbit has…