The applied geometry of a general Liénard polynomial system

In this work, applying a canonical system with field rotation parameters and using geometric properties of the spirals filling the interior and exterior domains of limit cycles, we solve the limit cycle problem for a general Liénard polynomial system with an arbitrary (but finite) number of singular points.     

On the number of limit cycles of polynomial Liénard systems

Liénard systems are very important mathematical models describing oscillatory processes arising in applied sciences. In this paper, we study polynomial Liénard systems of arbitrary degree on the plane, and develop a new method to obtain a lower bound of the maximal number of limit cycles. Using the method and basing on some known results for lower degree we obtain new estimations of the number of limit cycles in the systems which greatly improve existing results.     

New lower bounds for the Hilbert number of polynomial systems of Liénard type

In this paper, we study the maximal number of limit cycles of some kinds of polynomial Liénard systems with arbitrary degree and obtain some new lower bounds for the Hilbert number of the systems, which improve truly the certain existing results.     

一类高次多项式系统极限环的存在性和唯一性

通过变换将一类高次多项式系统转化为广义Liénard系统,并利用广义Liénard系统的结果研究了其极限环存在性问题,推广了相关文献的结果.     

Small-amplitude limit cycles of polynomial Liénard systems

In this paper,we study the number of limit cycles appeared in Hopf bifurcations of a Linard system with multiple parameters.As an application to some polynomial Li’enard systems of the form x=y,y=gm(x)-fn(x)y,we obtain a new lower bound of maximal number of limit cycles which appear in Hopf bifurcation for arbitrary degrees m and n.     

Liénard systems for quadratic systems with invariant algebraic curves

We study the character of the friction function f(x) and the restoring force g(x) in the Liénard system to which a quadratic system with an invariant second-order algebraic curve (an ellipse that is a limit cycle, a hyperbola defining two separatrix cycles, or a parabola) or fourth-order algebraic curve with an oval being a limit cycle can be reduced. Invariant curves are constructed for quadratic systems in a five-parameter canonical family, which can readily be reduced to Liénard systems.     

Proof of Artés–Llibre–Valls's conjectures for the Higgins–Selkov and the Selkov systems

The aim of this paper is to prove Artés–Llibre–Valls's conjectures on the uniqueness of limit cycles for the Higgins–Selkov system and the Selkov system. In order to apply the limit cycle theory for Liénard systems, we change the Higgins–Selkov and the Selkov systems into Liénard systems first. Then, we present two theorems on the nonexistence of limit cycles of Liénard systems. At last, the conjectures can be proven by these theorems and some techniques applied for Liénard systems.     

Limit cycles of quadratic systems

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 properties of four field rotation parameters of a new canonical system which is constructed in this paper, we present a proof of our earlier conjecture that the maximum number of limit cycles in a quadratic system is equal to four and their only possible distribution is (3:1) [V.A. Gaiko, Global Bifurcation Theory and Hilbert’s Sixteenth Problem, Kluwer, Boston, 2003]. Besides, applying the Wintner–Perko termination principle for multiple limit cycles to our canonical system, we prove in a different way that a quadratic system has at most three limit cycles around a singular point (focus) and give another proof of the same conjecture.     

Limit cycle bifurcations of some Liénard systems with a cuspidal loop and a homoclinic loop

In this paper, we study the number of limit cycles of some polynomial Liénard systems with a cuspidal loop and a homoclinic loop, and obtain some new results on the lower bound of the maximal number of limit cycles for these systems.     

Integrability and solvability of polynomial Liénard differential systems

We provide the necessary and sufficient conditions of Liouvillian integrability for Liénard differential systems describing nonlinear oscillators with a polynomial damping and a polynomial restoring force. We prove that Liénard differential systems are not Darboux integrable excluding subfamilies with certain restrictions on the degrees of the polynomials arising in the systems. We demonstrate that if the degree of a polynomial responsible for the restoring force is greater than the degree of a polynomial producing the damping, then a generic Liénard differential system is not Liouvillian integrable with the exception of linear Liénard systems. However, for any fixed degrees of the polynomials describing the damping and the restoring force we present subfamilies possessing Liouvillian first integrals. As a by-product of our results, we find a number of novel Liouvillian integrable subfamilies. In addition, we study the existence of nonautonomous Darboux first integrals and nonautonomous Jacobi last multipliers with a time-dependent exponential factor.     

Small-amplitude limit cycles of some Liénard-type systems

As we know, the Liénard system and its generalized forms are classical and important models of nonlinear oscillators, and have been widely studied by mathematicians and scientists. The main problem considered by most people is the number of limit cycles. In this paper, we investigate two kinds of Liénard systems and obtain the maximal number (i.e. the least upper bound) of limit cycles appearing in Hopf bifurcations by applying some known bifurcation theorems with technical analysis.     

Limit cycles for a perturbation of a quadratic center with symmetry

To estimate the number of limit cycles appearing under a perturbation of a quadratic system that has a center with symmetry, we use the method of generalized Dulac functions. To this end, we reduce the perturbed system to a Liénard system with a small parameter, for which we construct a Dulac function depending on the parameter. This permits one to estimate the number of limit cycles in the perturbed system for all sufficiently small parameter values. We find the Dulac function by solving a linear programming problem. The suggested method is used to analyze four specific perturbed systems that globally have exactly three limit cycles [i.e., the limit cycle distribution 3 or (3, 0)] and two systems that have the limit cycle distribution (3, 1) (i.e., one nest around each of the two foci).     

Conditions for polynomial Liénard centers

In 1999, Christopher gave a necessary and sufficient condition for polynomial Li′enard centers, which requires coupled functional equations, where the primitive functions of the damping function and the restoring function are involved, to have polynomial solutions. In order to judge whether the coupled functional equations are solvable, in this paper we give an algorithm to compute a Gr¨obner basis for irreducible decomposition of algebraic varieties so as to find algebraic relations among coefficients of the damping function and the restoring function. We demonstrate the algorithm for polynomial Li′enard systems of degree 5, which are divided into 25 cases. We find all conditions of those coefficients for the polynomial Li′enard center in 13 cases and prove that the origin is not a center in the other 12 cases.     

关于Filippov变换的一个注记

本文利用 Filippov变换导出来一个研究 Liénard方程极限环不存在性的判据 ,它为证明某些Liénard方程不存在极限环提供了一个简捷有效的思想方法 .     

Dulac–Cherkas criterion for exact estimation of the number of limit cycles of autonomous systems on a plane

The problem of exact nonlocal estimation of the number of limit cycles surrounding one point of rest in a simply connected domain of the real phase space is considered for autonomous systems of differential equations with continuously differentiable right-hand sides. Three approaches to solving this problem are proposed that are based on sequential two-step usage of the Dulac–Cherkas criterion, which makes it possible to find closed transversal curves dividing the connected domain in doubly connected subdomains that surround the point of rest, with the system having precisely one limit cycle in each of them. The effectiveness of these approaches is exemplified with polynomial Liènard systems, a generalized van der Pol system, and a perturbed Hamiltonian system. For some systems, the derived estimate holds true in the entire phase space.     

On the criteria for integrability of the Liénard equation

The Liénard equation is of a high importance from both mathematical and physical points of view. However a question about integrability of this equation has not been completely answered yet. Here we provide a new criterion for integrability of the Liénard equation using an approach based on nonlocal transformations. We also obtain some of the previously known criteria for integrability of the Liénard equation as a straightforward consequence of our approach’s application. We illustrate our results by several new examples of integrable Liénard equations.     

A New Criterion for Controlling the Number of Limit Cycles of Some Generalized Liénard Equations

We consider a class of planar differential equations which include the Liénard differential equations. By applying the Bendixson-Dulac Criterion for ?-connected sets we reduce the study of the number of limit cycles for such equations to the condition that a certain function of just one variable does not change sign. As an application, this method is used to give a sharp upper bound for the number of limit cycles of some Liénard differential equations. In particular, we present a polynomial Liénard system with exactly three limit cycles.     

Algebraic Criterion for the Existence of a Center at a Monodromic Singular Point of a Polynomial Liénard System

Differential Equations - We consider the center–focus problem for a polynomial Liénard system (polynomial vector field $$(y-F(x)){\partial }/{\partial x}-\tilde {g}(x){\partial...     

Configurations of limit cycles in Liénard equations

We show that every finite configuration of disjoint simple closed curves in the plane is topologically realizable as the set of limit cycles of a polynomial Liénard equation. The related vector field X is Morse–Smale. Moreover it has the minimum number of singularities required for realizing the configuration in a Liénard equation. We provide an explicit upper bound on the degree of X, which is lower than the results obtained before, obtained in the context of general polynomial vector fields.     

On the Liénard system with two isoclines

In this paper, the non-existence of limit cycles of a Liénard system ẋ = y−F(x), ẏ = −g(x) is discussed. By using the transformation y = z+ϕ(x) to the system, the new system has two special isoclines. We call the curves Vertical isocline or Horizontal isocline, respectively. It shall be shown that the existence of these isoclines play an important role in the non-existence of limit cycles of the system. The results are applied to many examples, and the known results are improved in certain cases. The results were announced at Annual Meeting of Mathematical Society of Japan on September 19 of 2005. Also they were published at the Poster Competition of ICM(Madrid) on August 22–30 of 2006.