Center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at three-order nilpotent critical point in a cubic Lyapunov system

In the present paper, for the three-order nilpotent critical point of a cubic Lyapunov system, the center problem and bifurcation of limit cycles are investigated. With the help of computer algebra system-MATHEMATICA, the first 7 quasi-Lyapunov constants are deduced. As a result, sufficient and necessary conditions in order to have a center are obtained. The fact of there exist 7 small amplitude limit cycles created from the three-order nilpotent critical point is also proved. Henceforth we give a lower bound of cyclicity of three-order nilpotent critical point for cubic Lyapunov systems.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles at a nilpotent critical point in a septic Lyapunov system

In this paper, we characterize local behavior of an isolated nilpotent critical point for a class of septic polynomial differential systems, including center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles. With the help of computer algebra system-MATHEMATICA 12.0, the first 15 quasi-Lyapunov constants are deduced. As a result, necessary and sufficient conditions of such system having a center are obtained. We prove that there exist 16 small amplitude limit cycles created from the third-order nilpotent critical point. And then we give a lower bound of cyclicity of third-order nilpotent critical point for septic Lyapunov systems.     

CENTER CONDITIONS AND BIFURCATION OF LIMIT CYCLES FOR A CLASS OF FIFTH DEGREE SYSTEMS

The center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles for a class of fifth degree systems are investigated. Two recursive formulas to compute singular quantities at infinity and at the origin are given. The first nine singular point quantities at infinity and first seven singular point quantities at the origin for the system are given in order to get center conditions and study bifurcation of limit cycles. Two fifth degree systems are constructed. One allows the appearance of eight limit cycles in the neighborhood of infinity,which is the first example that a polynomial differential system bifurcates eight limit cycles at infinity. The other perturbs six limit cycles at the origin.     

A kind of bifurcation of limit cycle from a nilpotent critical point

In this paper, an interesting and new bifurcation phenomenon that limit cycles could be bifurcated from nilpotent node (focus) by changing its stability is investigated. It is different from lowing its multiplicity in order to get limit cycles. We prove that $n^2+n-1$ limit cycles could be bifurcated by this way for $2n+1$ degree systems. Moreover, this upper bound could be reached. At last, we give two examples to show that $N(3)=1$ and $N(5)=5$ respectively. Here, $N(n)$ denotes the number of small-amplitude limit cycles around a nilpotent node (focus) with $n$ being the degree of polynomials in the vector field.     

Generating limit cycles from a nilpotent critical point via normal forms

It is well known that the normal form theory can be applied to solve the center-focus problem for monodromic planar nilpotent singularities. In this paper we see how this theory can also be applied to generate limit cycles from this type of singularities.     

Center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at degenerate singular points in a quintic polynomial differential system

The center problem and bifurcation of limit cycles for degenerate singular points are far to be solved in general. In this paper, we study center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the degenerate singular point in a class of quintic polynomial vector field with a small parameter and eight normal parameters. We deduce a recursion formula for singular point quantities at the degenerate singular points in this system and reach with relative ease an expression of the first five quantities at the degenerate singular point. The center conditions for the degenerate singular point of this system are derived. Consequently, we construct a quintic system, which can bifurcates 5 limit cycles in the neighborhood of the degenerate singular point. The positions of these limit cycles can be pointed out exactly without constructing Poincaré cycle fields. The technique employed in this work is essentially different from more usual ones. The recursion formula we present in this paper for the calculation of singular point quantities at degenerate singular point is linear and then avoids complex integrating operations.     

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.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles for a class of cubic polynomial system having a nilpotent singular point

In this paper, center conditions and bifurcations of limit cycles for a class of cubic polynomial system in which the origin is a nilpotent singular point are studied. A recursive formula is derived to compute quasi-Lyapunov constant. Using the computer algebra system Mathematica, the first seven quasi-Lyapunov constants of the system are deduced. At the same time, the conditions for the origin to be a center and 7-order fine focus are derived respectively. A cubic polynomial system that bifurcates seven limit cycles enclosing the origin (node) is constructed.     

Local bifurcation of limit cycles and integrability of a class of nilpotent systems of differential equations

We study the analytic system of differential equations in the plane which can be written, in a suitable coordinates system, as

     

Bifurcations of limit cycles in a quintic Lyapunov system with eleven parameters

In this paper, center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the nilpotent critical point in a class of quintic polynomial differential system are investigated. With the help of computer algebra system MATHEMATICA, the first 12 quasi Lyapunov constants are deduced. As a result, sufficient and necessary conditions in order to have a center are obtained. The fact that there exist 12 small amplitude limit cycles created from the three order nilpotent critical point is also proved. Henceforth we give a lower bound of cyclicity of three-order nilpotent critical point for quintic Lyapunov systems, the result of Jiang et al. (2009) [18] was improved.     

Melnikov function and limit cycle bifurcation from a nilpotent center

We investigate a general near-Hamiltonian system on the plane whose unperturbed system has a nilpotent center. Our main purpose is to give an algorithm for calculating the first coefficients of the expansion of the first order Melnikov function. We also give an application by using the method and obtain the number of limit cycles of a cubic system.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles for a quartic near-Hamiltonian system by perturbing a nilpotent center

Hopf bifurcation which produces oscillations is a very important phenomena in the theory and application of dynamical systems. Almost all works available about Hopf bifurcations are related to a non-degenerate focus or center. For the case of a degenerate focus or center, the study of the bifurcations becomes challenge. In this paper, we consider the bifurcation of limit cycles for a quartic near-Hamiltonian system by perturbing a nilpotent center. We take coefficients as parameters, then we can get six limit cycles.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles in small perturbations of a hyper-elliptic Hamiltonian system with two nilpotent saddles

In this paper we study the first-order Melnikov function for a planar near-Hamiltonian system near a heteroclinic loop connecting two nilpotent saddles. The asymptotic expansion of this Melnikov function and formulas for the first seven coefficients are given. Next, we consider the bifurcation of limit cycles in a class of hyper-elliptic Hamiltonian systems which has a heteroclinic loop connecting two nilpotent saddles. It is shown that this system can undergo a degenerate Hopf bifurcation and Poincarè bifurcation, which emerges at most four limit cycles in the plane for sufficiently small positive ε. The number of limit cycles which appear near the heteroclinic loop is discussed by using the asymptotic expansion of the first-order Melnikov function. Further more we give all possible distribution of limit cycles bifurcated from the period annulus.     

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.     

Center conditions and limit cycles for the perturbation of an elliptic sector

We compute the first three Melnikov functions of quadratic vector fields obtained as perturbations of an integrable system which displays an elliptic sector. We uncover the integrable cases and analyse the algebraic nature of higher order Melnikov functions.     

Center, limit cycles and isochronous center of a Z 4-equivariant quintic system

In this paper, we study the limit cycles bifurcations of four fine focuses in Z4-equivariant vector fields and the problems that its four singular points can be centers and isochronous centers at the same time. By computing the Liapunov constants and periodic constants carefully, we show that for a certain Z4-equivariant quintic systems, there are four fine focuses of five order and five limit cycles can bifurcate from each, we also find conditions of center and isochronous center for this system. The process of proof is algebraic and symbolic by using common computer algebra soft such as Mathematica, the expressions after being simplified in this paper are simple relatively. Moreover, what is worth mentioning is that the result of 20 small limit cycles bifurcating from several fine focuses is good for Z4-equivariant quintic system and the results where multiple singular points become isochronous centers at the same time are less in published references.