Bifurcations of limit cycles in a Z6-equivariant planar vector field of degree 5

A concrete numerical example of Z6-equivariant planar perturbed Hamiltonian polynomial vector fields of degree 5 having at least 24 limit cycles and the configurations of compound eyes are given by using the bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems and the method of detection functions. There is reason to conjecture that the Hilbert number H(2k + 1) ≥ (2k + 1)2 - 1 for the perturbed Hamiltonian systems.     

Bifurcation set and number of limit cycles in Z2-equivariant planar vector fields of degree 5

An Z₂-equivariant polynomial Hamiltonian system of degree 5 with two perturbation terms is considered in this paper. The phase plane (a, b) is divided into 15 different regions which give the bifurcation set of the system. Using the bifurcation theory of planar dynamical system and the method of detection function, we obtain the bifurcation set and the configurations of compound eyes of the system with 21 or 23 limit cycles.     

Bifurcations of limit cycles in a perturbed quintic Hamiltonian system with six double homoclinic loops

This paper concerns with the number and distributions of limit cycles of a quintic subject to a seven-degree perturbation. With the aid of numeric integral computation provided by Mathematica 4.1, at least 45 limit cycles are found in the above system by applying the method of double homoclinic loops bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation and qualitative analysis. The four configurations of 45 limit cycles of the system are also shown. The results obtained are useful to the study of the weakened 16th Hilbert Problem.     

Bifurcations of limit cycles in equivariant quintic planar vector fields

In this paper, we obtain 23 limit cycles for a _Z3$Z_3$-equivariant near-Hamiltonian system of degree 5 which is the perturbation of a _Z6$Z_6$-equivariant quintic Hamiltonian system. The configuration of these limit cycles is new and different from the configuration obtained by H.S.Y. Chan, K.W. Chung and J. Li, where the unperturbed system is a _Z3$Z_3$-equivariant quintic Hamiltonian system. Our unperturbed system is different from the unperturbed systems studied by Y. Wu and M. Han. The limit cycles are obtained by Poincaré–Pontryagin theorem and Poincaré–Bendixson theorem.     

Bifurcations of limit cycles in a Z 4-equivariant quintic planar vector field

In this paper, a Z4-equivariant quintic planar vector field is studied. The Hopf bifurcation method and polycycle bifurcation method are combined to study the limit cycles bifurcated from the compounded cycle with 4 hyperbolic saddle points. It is found that this special quintic planar polynomial system has at least four large limit cycles which surround all singular points. By applying the double homoclinic loops bifurcation method and Hopf bifurcation method, we conclude that 28 limit cycles with two different configurations exist in this special planar polynomial system. The results acquired in this paper are useful for studying the weakened 16th Hilbert＇s Problem.     

Small limit cycles bifurcating from fine focus points in quartic order Z3-equivariant vector fields

This paper is concerned with the number of limit cycles for a quartic polynomial Z₃-equivariant vector fields. The system under consideration has a fine focus point at the origin, and three fine focus points which are symmetric about the origin. By the computation of the singular point values, sixteen limit cycles are found and their distributions are studied by using the new methods of bifurcation theory and qualitative analysis. This is a new result in the study of the second part of the 16th Hilbert problem. It gives rise to the conclusion: H(4)?16, where H(n) is the Hilbert number for the second part of Hilbert's 16th problem. The process of the proof is algebraic and symbolic. As far as know, the technique employed in this work is different from more usual ones, the calculation can be readily done with using computer symbol operation system such as Mathematica.     

Twelve limit cycles around a singular point in a planar cubic-degree polynomial system

In this paper, we prove the existence of 12 small-amplitude limit cycles around a singular point in a planar cubic-degree polynomial system. Based on two previously developed cubic systems in the literature, which have been proved to exhibit 11 small-amplitude limit cycles, we applied a different method to show 11 limit cycles. Moreover, we show that one of the systems can actually have 12 small-amplitude limit cycles around a singular point. This is the best result so far obtained in cubic planar vector fields around a singular point.     

The number and distributions of limit cycles for a class of cubic near-Hamiltonian systems

This paper concerns with the number of limit cycles for a cubic Hamiltonian system under cubic perturbation. The fact that there exist 9-11 limit cycles is proved. The different distributions of limit cycles are given by using methods of bifurcation theory and qualitative analysis, among which two distributions of eleven limit cycles are new.     

On the limit cycles of a quintic planar vector field

This paper concerns the number and distributions of limit cycles in a Z_2-equivariant quintic planar vector field.25 limit cycles are found in this special planar polynomial system and four different configurations of these limit cycles are also given by using the methods of the bifurcation theory and the qualitative analysis of the differential equation.It can be concluded that H(5)≥25=5~2, where H(5)is the Hilbert number for quintic polynomial systems.The results obtained are useful to study the weakened 16th Hilbert problem.     

Symbolic computation of limit cycles associated with Hilbert’s 16th problem

This paper is concerned with the practical complexity of the symbolic computation of limit cycles associated with Hilbert’s 16th problem. In particular, in determining the number of small-amplitude limit cycles of a non-linear dynamical system, one often faces computing the focus values of Hopf-type critical points and solving lengthy coupled polynomial equations. These computations must be carried out through symbolic computation with the aid of a computer algebra system such as Maple or Mathematica, and thus usually gives rise to very large algebraic expressions. In this paper, efficient computations for the focus values and polynomial equations are discussed, showing how to deal with the complexity in the computation of non-linear dynamical systems.     

Exact number of limit cycles for a family of rigid systems

For a given family of planar differential equations it is a very difficult problem to determine an upper bound for the number of its limit cycles. Even when this upper bound is one it is not always an easy problem to distinguish between the case of zero and one limit cycle. This note mainly deals with this second problem for a family of systems with a homogeneous nonlinear part. While the condition that allows us to separate the existence and the nonexistence of limit cycles can be described, it is very intricate.

     

Melnikov functions and limit cycles in piecewise smooth perturbations of a linear center using regularization method

In this article we study limit cycles in piecewise smooth perturbations of a linear center. In this setting it is common to adapt classical results for smooth systems, like Melnikov functions, to non-smooth ones. However, there is little justification for this procedure in the literature. By using the regularization method we give a theoretical proof that supports the use of Melnikov functions directly from the original non-smooth problem.     

Limit cycles and invariant cylinders for a class of continuous and discontinuous vector field in dimention 2n

The subject of this paper concerns with the bifurcation of limit cycles and invariant cylinders from a global center of a linear differential system in dimension 2n perturbed inside a class of continuous and discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems. Our main results show that at most one limit cycle and at most one invariant cylinder can bifurcate using the expansion of the displacement function up to first order with respect to a small parameter. This upper bound is reached. For proving these results we use the averaging theory in a form where the differentiability of the system is not needed.     

A linear estimation to the number of zeros for Abelian integrals in a kind of quadratic reversible centers of genus one

In this paper, using the method of Picard-Fuchs equation and Riccati equation, we consider the number of zeros for Abelian integrals in a kind of quadratic reversible centers of genus one under arbitrary polynomial perturbations of degree $n$, and obtain that the upper bound of the number is $2\left[{(n+1)}/{2}\right]+$ $\left[{n}/{2}\right]+2$ ($n\geq 1$), which linearly depends on $n$.