Multiple limit cycles bifurcation from the degenerate singularity for a class of three-dimensional systems

In this paper, bifurcation of small amplitude limit cycles from the degenerate equilibrium of a three-dimensional system is investigated. Firstly, the method to calculate the focal values at nilpotent critical point on center manifold is discussed. Then an example is studied, by computing the quasi-Lyapunov constants, the existence of at least 4 limit cycles on the center manifold is proved. In terms of degenerate singularity in high-dimensional systems, our work is new.