On the number of limit cycles for discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems in R^2n with two zones

We study the number of limit cycles of the discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems in R2n with two zones separated by a hyperplane. Our main result shows that at most (8n-6)n-1 limit cycles can bifurcate up to first-order expansion of the displacement function with respect to a small par...

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Authors: Llibre, Jaume|||0000-0002-9511-5999, Rong, Feng
Format: article
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:150645
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/150645
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1142/S0218127413500247
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Limit cycles, averaging method
Discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems
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Summary:We study the number of limit cycles of the discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems in R2n with two zones separated by a hyperplane. Our main result shows that at most (8n-6)n-1 limit cycles can bifurcate up to first-order expansion of the displacement function with respect to a small parameter. For proving this result we use the averaging theory in a form where the differentiability of the system is not necessary.