The cyclicity of the period annulus of the cubic isochronous center

This paper is concerned with limit cycles which bifurcate from periodic orbits of the cubic isochronous center. It is proved that in this situation, the cyclicity of the period annulus under cubic perturbations is equal to four. Moreover, for each k?=?0,1, . . .,4, there are perturbations that give rise to exactly k limit cycles bifurcating from the period annulus.     

Local bifurcations of critical periods for cubic Liénard equations with cubic damping

Continuing Chicone and Jacobs’ work for planar Hamiltonian systems of Newton’s type, in this paper we study the local bifurcation of critical periods near a nondegenerate center of the cubic Liénard equation with cubic damping and prove that at most 2 local critical periods can be produced from either a weak center of finite order or the linear isochronous center and that at most 1 local critical period can be produced from nonlinear isochronous centers.     

LIMIT CYCLES OF QUARTIC AND QUINTIC POLYNOMIAL DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS VIA AVERAGING THEORY

We study the maximum number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from the period annulus surrounding the origin of a class of cubic polynomial differential systems using the averaging theory. More precisely,we prove that the perturbations of the period annulus of the center located at the origin of a cubic polynomial differential system,by arbitrary quartic and quintic polynomial differential systems,there respectively exist at least 8 and 9 limit cycles bifurcating from the periodic orbits of the period annu...     

Linear Estimation of the Number of Zeros of Abelian Integrals for Some Cubic Isochronous Centers

This paper consists of two parts. In the first part we study the relationship between conic centers (all orbits near a singular point of center type are conics) and isochronous centers of polynomial systems. In the second part we study the number of limit cycles that bifurcate from the periodic orbits of cubic reversible isochronous centers having all their orbits formed by conics, when we perturb such systems inside the class of all polynomial systems of degree n.     

Generalized isochronous centers for complex systems

In this paper, the definition of generalized isochronous center is given in order to study unitedly real isochronous center and linearizability of polynomial differential systems. An algorithm to compute generalized period constants is obtained, which is a good method to find the necessary conditions of generalized isochronous center for any rational resonance ratio. Its two linear recursive formulas are symbolic and easy to realize with computer algebraic system. The function of time-angle difference is introduced to prove the sufficient conditions. As the application, a class of real cubic Kolmogorov system is investigated and the generalized isochronous center conditions of the origin are obtained.     

时间可逆系统的等时中心问题

若在中心附近的闭轨线都具有相同的周期,则此中心称为等时中心. 时间可逆多项式系统的等时中心问题是一类公开问题. 为了构造性地解决这一难题,讨论一类范围更广的时间可逆解析动力系统, 给出相应横截交换系统的递推公式,此公式可以用于等时中心条件的推导. 在递推公式的基础上,以吴特征集方法为工具,给出一类时间可逆三次系统具有横截交换系统的充要条件.     

中心条件推导的间接方法

对于一类多项式系统,给出两类对称条件的推导算法,具体讨论了一类三次系统的中心条件;对于Poincare型系统,给出一类等时中心的充分条件．     

一类可逆三次系统的等时中心

对于一般多项式系统,给出可逆代数条件推导算法;对于一类可逆三次系统,提出周期系数改进算法,得到原点为等时中心的充要条件.     

Decomposition of algebraic sets and applications to weak centers of cubic systems

There are many methods such as Gröbner basis, characteristic set and resultant, in computing an algebraic set of a system of multivariate polynomials. The common difficulties come from the complexity of computation, singularity of the corresponding matrices and some unnecessary factors in successive computation. In this paper, we decompose algebraic sets, stratum by stratum, into a union of constructible sets with Sylvester resultants, so as to simplify the procedure of elimination. Applying this decomposition to systems of multivariate polynomials resulted from period constants of reversible cubic differential systems which possess a quadratic isochronous center, we determine the order of weak centers and discuss the bifurcation of critical periods.     

Strongly isochronous centers of cubic systems with degenerate infinity

We compute the maximum order and the initial polar angle of strongly isochronous centers of two-dimensional cubic systems with degenerate infinity.     

The center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the infinity for a cubic polynomial system

In this paper, the problem of center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the infinity for a class of cubic systems are investigated. The method is based on a homeomorphic transformation of the infinity into the origin, the first 21 singular point quantities are obtained by computer algebra system Mathematica, the conditions of the origin to be a center and a 21st order fine focus are derived, respectively. Correspondingly, we construct a cubic system which can bifurcate seven limit cycles from the infinity by a small perturbation of parameters. At the end, we study the isochronous center conditions at the infinity for the cubic system.     

The number of limit cycles bifurcating from the periodic orbits of an isochronous center

This paper concerns the bifurcation of limit cycles for a quartic system with an isochronous center. By using the averaging theory, it shows that under any small quintic homogeneous perturbations, at most 14 limit cycles birfucate from the period annulus of the considered system.     

Limit cycle bifurcations in a class of near-Hamiltonian systems with multiple parameters

This article investigates a class of near-Hamiltonian systems and obtains some new conditions for the existence of multiple limit cycles with the help of the first order Melnikov function. As applications to the obtained main results, a cubic reversible isochronous system under cubic polynomial perturbations is studied.     

Solution of Center-Focus Problem for a Class of Cubic Systems

For a class of cubic systems, the authors give a representation of the $n${\rm th} order Liapunov constant through a chain of pseudo-divisions. As an application, the center problem and the isochronous center problem of a particular system are considered. They show that the system has a center at the origin if and only if the first seven Liapunov constants vanish, and cannot have an isochronous center at the origin.     

Centers of quasi-homogeneous polynomial differential equations of degree three

We characterize the centers of the quasi-homogeneous planar polynomial differential systems of degree three. Such systems do not admit isochronous centers. At most one limit cycle can bifurcate from the periodic orbits of a center of a cubic homogeneous polynomial system using the averaging theory of first order.     

A new method to determine isochronous center conditions for polynomial differential systems

The computation of period constants is a way to study isochronous center for polynomial differential systems. In this article, a new method to compute period constants is given. The algorithm is recursive and easy to realize with computer algebraic system. As an application, we discuss the center conditions and isochronous centers for a class of high-degree system.     

Isochronous Centers and Isochronous Functions

Abstract We study isochronous centers of two classes of planar systems of ordinary differential equations.Forthe first class which is the Linard systems of the form =y-F(x),=-g(x) with a center at the origin, we provethat if g is isochronous(see Definiton 1.1),then the center is isochronous if and only if F≡0.For the secondclass which is the Hamiltonian systems of the form =-g(y),=f(x) with a center at the origin,we prove thatif f or g is isochronous,then the center is isochronous if and only if the other is also isochronous.     

Bifurcation of periodic orbits emanated from a vertex in discontinuous planar systems

We discuss bifurcation of periodic orbits in discontinuous planar systems with discontinuities on finitely many straight lines intersecting at the origin and the unperturbed system has either a limit cycle or an annulus of periodic orbits. Assume that the unperturbed periodic orbits cross every switching line transversally exactly once. For the first case we give a condition for the persistence of the limit cycle. For the second case, we obtain the expression of the first order Melnikov function and establish sufficient conditions on the number of limit cycles bifurcate from the periodic annulus. Then we generalize our results to systems with discontinuities on finitely many smooth curves. As an application, we present a piecewise cubic system with 4 switching lines and show that the maximum number of limit cycles bifurcate from the periodic annulus can be affected by the position of the switching lines.     

Limit cycles for two classes of planar polynomial differential systems with uniform isochronous centers

In this article, we study the maximum number of limit cycles for two classes of planar polynomial differential systems with uniform isochronous centers. Using the first-order averaging method, we analyze how many limit cycles can bifurcate from the period solutions surrounding the centers of the considered systems when they are perturbed inside the class of homogeneous polynomial differential systems of the same degree. We show that the maximum number of limit cycles, $m$ and $m+1$, that can bifurcate from the period solutions surrounding the centers for the two classes of differential systems of degree $2m$ and degree $2m+1$, respectively. Both of the bounds can be reached for all $m$.     

On the critical periods of perturbed isochronous centers

Consider a family of planar systems having a center at the origin and assume that for ε=0 they have an isochronous center. Firstly, we give an explicit formula for the first order term in ε of the derivative of the period function. We apply this formula to prove that, up to first order in ε, at most one critical period bifurcates from the periodic orbits of isochronous quadratic systems when we perturb them inside the class of quadratic reversible centers. Moreover necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of this critical period are explicitly given. From the tools developed in this paper we also provide a new characterization of planar isochronous centers.