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Monodromy and Dulac's Problem for Piecewise analytical planar vector fields

Dynamical Systems 2023-02-21 v2

Abstract

Consider an analytical function f:VR2Rf:V\subset\mathbb R^2\rightarrow\mathbb R having 00 as its regular value, a switching manifold Σ=f1(0)\Sigma=f^{-1}(0) and a piecewise analytical vector field X=(X+,X)X=(X^+,X^-), i.e. X±X^\pm are analytical vector fields defined on Σ±={pV:±f(p)>0}\Sigma^\pm=\{p\in V: \pm f(p)>0\}. We characterize when the vector field XX has a monodromic singular point in Σ\Sigma, called Σ\Sigma-monodromic singular point. Moreover, under certain conditions, we show that a Σ\Sigma-monodromic singular point of XX has a neighborhood free of limit cycles.

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@article{arxiv.2106.09827,
  title  = {Monodromy and Dulac's Problem for Piecewise analytical planar vector fields},
  author = {Claudio Buzzi and João Carlos Medrado and Claudio Pessoa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.09827},
  year   = {2023}
}

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24 pages, 7 figures

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