On planar polynomial vector fields with elementary first integrals

We show that under rather general conditions a polynomial differential system having an elementary first integral already must admit a Darboux first integral, and we explicitly characterize the vector fields in this class. We also investigate some exceptional cases, i.e. equations admitting an eleme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Christopher, Colin, Pantazi, Chara|||0000-0002-4394-404X, Llibre Saló, Jaume, Walcher, Sebastian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/331270
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/331270
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2019.05.007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Differentiable dynamical systems
Random dynamical systems
Sistemes dinàmics diferenciables
Sistemes dinàmics aleatoris
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Equacions diferencials i integrals::Sistemes dinàmics
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Sumario:We show that under rather general conditions a polynomial differential system having an elementary first integral already must admit a Darboux first integral, and we explicitly characterize the vector fields in this class. We also investigate some exceptional cases, i.e. equations admitting an elementary first integral but not a Darboux first integral. In particular we provide a rather detailed discussion of exceptional elementary first integrals built from algebraic functions of prime degree.