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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Authors: Christopher, Colin, Pantazi, Chara|||0000-0002-4394-404X, Llibre Saló, Jaume, Walcher, Sebastian
Format: article
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/331270
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/331270
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2019.05.007
Access Level:Open access
Keyword: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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Summary: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.