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We show that for continuous time dynamical systems described by polynomial differential equations of modest degree (typically equal to three), the following decision problems which arise in numerous areas of systems and control theory…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-30 Amir Ali Ahmadi , Anirudha Majumdar , Russ Tedrake

A center of a differential system in the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ is an equilibrium point $p$ having a neighborhood $U$ such that $U\setminus \{p\}$ is filled of periodic orbits. A center $p$ is global when $\mathbb{R}^2\setminus \{p\}$ is…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Leonardo P. C. da Cruz , Jaume LLibre

We compute semi-analytic and numerical estimates for the largest Lyapunov exponent in a many-particle system with long-range interactions, extending previous results for the Hamiltonian Mean Field model with a cosine potential. Our results…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-06-24 Moisés F. P. Silva , Tarcísio M. Rocha Filho , Yves Elskens

In the present paper, a novel vector field decomposition based approach for constructing Lyapunov functions is proposed. For a given dynamical system, if the defining vector field admits a decomposition into two mutually orthogonal vector…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Yuanyuan Liu

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…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-03-05 Gal Binyamini , Dmitry Novikov , Sergei Yakovenko

We study the number and distribution of the limit cycles of a planar vector field whose component functions are random polynomials. We prove a lower bound on the average number of limit cycles when the random polynomials are sampled from…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Erik Lundberg

In this paper, I have proved that for a class of polynomial differential systems of degree n+1 ( where n is an arbitrary positive integer) the composition conjecture is true. I give the sufficient and necessary conditions for these…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Zhengxin Zhou

The second part of Hilbert's 16th problem concerns determining the maximum number $H(m)$ of limit cycles that a planar polynomial vector field of degree $m$ can exhibit. A natural extension to the three-dimensional space is to study the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-04-21 Lucas Queiroz Arakaki , Douglas D. Novaes

Classifications of irreducible components of the set of polynomial differential equations with a fixed degree and with at least one center singularity lead to some other new problems on Picard-Lefschetz theory and Brieskorn modules of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hossein Movasati

We study the isochronicity of centers at $O\in \mathbb{R}^2$ for systems $$\dot x=-y+A(x,y),\;\dot y=x+B(x,y),$$ where $A,\;B\in \mathbb{R}[x,y]$, which can be reduced to the Li\'enard type equation. When $deg(A)\leq 4$ and $deg(B) \leq 4$,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-12-13 Magali Bardet , Islam Boussaada , A. Raouf Chouikha , Jean-Marie Strelcyn

By means of a variational identity of Poho\v{z}aev-Pucci-Serrin type for solutions of class $C^1$ recently obtained, we give some necessary conditions for locating the concentration points for a class of quasi-linear elliptic problems in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Simone Secchi , Marco Squassina

In this paper, we perturb the global center of the planar polynomial vector fields $\mathcal{X}(x,y)=(-y(x^2+a^2),x(x^2+a^2))$ ($a\neq0$) inside cubic piecewise smooth polynomials with switching line $y=0$. By using average function of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-04-12 Shiyou Sui , Liqin Zhao

In planar analytic vector fields, a monodromic singularity can be distinguished between a focus or a center by means of the Lyapunov coefficients, which are given in terms of the power series coefficients of the first-return map defined…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-08-23 Douglas D. Novaes , Leandro A. Silva

New necessary and sufficient conditions are proposed for the stability investigation of dynamical systems using the flow and the divergence of the phase vector velocity. The obtained conditions generalize the well-known results of V.P.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-17 Igor Furtat

We introduce a novel Lyapunov function for stabilization of linear Vlasov--Fokker--Planck type equations with stiff source term. Contrary to existing results relying on transport properties to obtain stabilization, we present results based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Michael Herty , Shi Jin , Yuhua Zhu

This paper investigates the monotonicity of the period function associated with planar Hamiltonian systems of the form $H(x,y) = F(x) + G(y)$. We establish sufficient conditions ensuring the monotonicity of the period function corresponding…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-12-09 F. J. S. Nascimento

This paper provides a first example of constructing Lyapunov functions in a class of piecewise linear systems with limit cycles. The method of construction helps analyze and control complex oscillating systems through novel geometric means.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-07-01 Yian Ma , Ruoshi Yuan , Yang Li , Ping Ao , Bo Yuan

We first generalize a classical iteration formula for one variable holomorphic mappings to a formula for higher dimensional holomorphic mappings. Then, as an application, we give a short and intuitive proof of a classical theorem, due to H.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Guang Yuan Zhang

New Vapnik and Chervonenkis type concentration inequalities are derived for the empirical distribution of an independent random sample. Focus is on the maximal deviation over classes of Borel sets within a low probability region. The…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Stéphane Lhaut , Anne Sabourin , Johan Segers

This paper is devoted to the study of $L_p$ Lyapunov-type inequalities for linear systems of equations with Neumann boundary conditions and for any constant $p \geq 1$. We consider ordinary and elliptic problems. The results obtained in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-06-08 Antonio Canada , Salvador Villegas