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The main objective of this paper is to study the number of limit cycles in a family of polynomial systems. Using bifurcation methods, we obtain the maximal number of limit cycles in global bifurcation.

We study the maximum number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a degenerate center of a cubic homogeneous polynomial differential system. Using the averaging method of second order and perturbing inside the class of all cubic…

For family $x'=(a_0+a_1\cos t+a_2 \sin t)|x|+b_0+b_1 \cos t+b_2 \sin t$, we solve three basic problems related with its dynamics. First, we characterize when it has a center (Poincar\'e center focus problem). Second, we show that each…

The present paper is devoted to the study of the maximum number of limit cycles bifurcated from the periodic orbits of the quadratic isochronous center $\dot{x}=-y+\frac{16}{3}x^{2}-\frac{4}{3}y^{2},\dot{y}=x+\frac{8}{3}xy$ by the averaging…

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…

We analyze the complex dynamics dynamics of a family of $\mathbb{Z}_{12}-$equivariant planar systems, by using their reduction to an Abel equation. We derive conditions in the parameter space that allow uniqueness and hyperbolicity of a…

Consider real or complex polynomial Riccati differential equations $a(x) \dot y=b_0(x)+b_1(x)y+b_2(x)y^2$ with all the involved functions being polynomials of degree at most $\eta$. We prove that the maximum number of polynomial solutions…

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…

The orbits of the reversible differential system $\dot{x}=-y$, $\dot{y}=x$, $\dot{z}=0$, with $x,y \in R$ and $z\in R^d$, are periodic with the exception of the equilibrium points $(0,0, z)$. We compute the maximum number of limit cycles…

We prove a linear in $\deg\omega$ upper bound on the number of real zeros of the Abelian integral $I(t)=\int_{\delta(t)}\omega$, where $\delta(t)\subset\R^2$ is the real oval $x^2y(1-x-y)=t$ and $\omega$ is a one-form with polynomial…

We consider a system of the form x'=P_n(x,y)+xR_m(x,y), y'=Q_n(x,y)+yR_m(x,y), where P_n(x,y), Q_n(x,y) and R_m(x,y) are homogeneous polynomials of degrees n, n and m, respectively, with n<=m. We prove that this system has at most one limit…

We consider perturbed pendulum-like equations on the cylinder of the form $ \ddot x+\sin(x)= \varepsilon \sum_{s=0}^{m}{Q_{n,s} (x)\, \dot x^{s}}$ where $Q_{n,s}$ are trigonometric polynomials of degree $n$, and study the number of limit…

Consider the vector field $x'= -yG(x, y), y'=xG(x, y),$ where the set of critical points $\{G(x, y) = 0\}$ is formed by $K$ straight lines, not passing through the origin and parallel to one or two orthogonal directions. We perturb it with…

We prove that the number of limit cycles generated by a small non-conservative perturbation of a Hamiltonian polynomial vector field on the plane, is bounded by a double exponential of the degree of the fields. This solves the long-standing…

This paper studies the family of piecewise linear differential systems in the plane with two pieces separated by a cubic curve. By analyzing the obtained first order Melnikov function, we give an upper bound of the number of limit cycles…

This paper studies the family of piecewise linear differential systems in the plane with two pieces separated by a switching curve $y=x^{m}$, where $m>1$ is an arbitrary positive. By analysing the first order Melnikov function, we give an…

We study limit cycles in piecewise complex systems with switching manifold $\mathbb{S}^1$. Using M\"obius transformations we establish an equivalence between circular and straight-line discontinuities that preserves periods, stability, and…

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 find an upper bound for the number of limit cycles, bifurcating from the 8-loop of the Duffing oscillator $x"= x-x^{3}$ under the special cubic perturbation $$ x"= x-x^{3}+\lambda_{1}y+\lambda_{2}x^{2}+\lambda_{3}xy+\lambda_{4}x^{2}y .…

It is proved that for any finite dimensional representation of a prime order group over the field of rational numbers, polynomial invariants of degree at most $3$ separate the orbits. A result providing an upper degree bound for separating…