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In this paper we consider the limit cycles of the planar system $$\frac{d}{dt}(x,y)=\mathbf X_n+\mathbf X_m, $$ where $\mathbf X_n$ and $\mathbf X_m$ are quasi-homogeneous vector fields of degree $n$ and $m$ respectively. We prove that…

In this paper, we consider the family of planar piecewise linear differential systems with two zones separated by a straight line without sliding regions, that is, differential systems whose flow transversally crosses the switching line…

We consider the time-dependent nonlinear system $\dot q(t)=u(t)X(q(t))+(1-u(t))Y(q(t))$, where $q\in\R^2$, $X$ and $Y$ are two %$C^\infty$ smooth vector fields, globally asymptotically stable at the origin and $u:[0,\infty)\to\{0,1\}$ is an…

We prove that star-like limit cycles of any planar polynomial system can also be seen either as solutions defined on a given interval of a new associated planar non-autonomous polynomial system or as heteroclinic solutions of a…

We study the stratum in the set of all quadratic differential systems $\dot{x}=P_2(x,y), \dot{y}=Q_2(x,y)$ with a center, known as the codimension-four case $Q_4$. It has a center and a node and a rational first integral. The limit cycles…

Motivated by questions in biology, we investigate the stability of equilibria of the dynamical system $\mathbf{x}^{\prime}=P(t)\nabla f(x)$ which arise as critical points of $f$, under the assumption that $P(t)$ is positive semi-definite.…

In this article, we study the following parabolic equation involving the fractional Laplacian with singular nonlinearity \begin{equation*} \quad (P_{t}^s) \left\{ \begin{split} \quad u_t + (-\Delta)^s u &= u^{-q} + f(x,u), \;u >0\;…

In this paper, we obtain $C^{1,\alpha}$ estimates for weak solutions of certain quasilinear parabolic equations satisfying nonstandard growth conditions, the prototype examples being $$u_t - \text{div} (|\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u +…

We study existence and regularity properties of solutions to the singular $p$-Laplacean parabolic system in a bounded domain $\Omega$. The main purpose is to prove global $L^r(\varepsilon,T;L^q(\Omega))$, $\varepsilon\geq0$, integrability…

We prove a local higher integrability result for the spatial gradient of weak solutions to doubly nonlinear parabolic systems whose prototype is $$ \partial_t \left(|u|^{q-1}u \right) -\operatorname{div} \left( |Du|^{p-2} Du \right) =…

In this paper, the global qualitative analysis of planar quadratic dynamical systems is established and a new geometric approach to solving Hilbert's Sixteenth Problem in this special case of polynomial systems is suggested. Using geometric…

In this paper we study the existence and summability of the solutions to the following parabolic-elliptic system of partial differential equations with discontinuous coefficients: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t -…

For planar polynomials systems the existence of an invariant algebraic curve limits the number of limit cycles not contained in this curve. We present a general approach to prove non existence of periodic orbits not contained in this given…

In this paper we prove existence of nonnegative solutions to parabolic Cauchy-Dirichlet problems with superlinear gradient terms which are possibly singular. The model equation is \[ u_t - \Delta_pu=g(u)|\nabla u|^q+h(u)f(t,x)\qquad…

The already proved Lum-Chua's conjecture says that a continuous planar piecewise linear differential system with two zones separated by a straight line has at most one limit cycle. In this paper, we provide a new proof by using a novel…

Planar piecewise linear systems with two linearity zones separated by a straight line and with a periodic orbit at infinity are considered. By using some changes of variables and parameters, a reduced canonical form with five parameters is…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, and $Q=\Omega \times(0,T).$ We study problems of the model type \[ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{l}% {u_{t}}-{\Delta_{p}}u=\mu\qquad\text{in }Q,\\ {u}=0\qquad\text{on…

In this note, we prove $\mathcal{C}^{1,\gamma}$ regularity for solutions of some fully nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations with "superlinear" and "subquadratic " Hamiltonian terms. As an application, we complete the results of…

This paper examines the behavior of a positive solution $u\in C^{1,\alpha}(\Bar{\Omega})$ of the $(p,q)$ Laplace equation with a singular term and zero Dirichlet boundary condition. Specifically, we consider the equation: \begin{equation*}…

We consider families of planar polynomial vector fields of degree $n$ and study the cyclicity of a type of unbounded polycycle~$\Gamma$ called hemicycle. Compactified to the Poincar\'e disc,~$\Gamma$ consists of an affine straight line…