a Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
b Department of Basic Courses, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Tai'an, Shandong 271019, China
Abstract:
This paper is concerned with the number of limit cycles of a cubic system with quartic perturbations. Fifteen limit cycles are found and their distributions are studied by using the methods of bifurcation theory and qualitative analysis. It gives rise to the conclusion: H(4)15, where H(n) is the Hilbert number for the second part of Hilbert's 16th problem.