Stability of singular limit cycles for Abel equations

We obtain a criterion for determining the stability of singular limit cycles of Abel equations x = A(t)x3 + B(t)x2 . This stability controls the possible saddle-node bifurcations of limit cycles. Therefore, studying the Hopf-like bifurcations at x = 0, together with the bifurcations at infinity of a...

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Autores: Bravo, Jose Luis, Gasull, Armengol|||0000-0002-1719-8231, Fernández, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:145334
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/145334
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3934/dcds.2015.35.1873
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Abel equation
Closed solution
Limit cycles
Periodic solutions
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Sumario:We obtain a criterion for determining the stability of singular limit cycles of Abel equations x = A(t)x3 + B(t)x2 . This stability controls the possible saddle-node bifurcations of limit cycles. Therefore, studying the Hopf-like bifurcations at x = 0, together with the bifurcations at infinity of a suitable compactification of the equations, we obtain upper bounds of their number of limit cycles. As an illustration of this approach, we prove that the family x = at(t-tA )x3 +b(t-tB )x2 , with a, b.