On the integrability of polynomial vector fields in the plane by means of Picard-Vessiot theory

We study the integrability of polynomial vector fields using Galois theory of linear differential equations when the associated foliations is reduced to a Riccati type foliation. In particular we obtain integrability results for some families of quadratic vector fields, Liénard equations and equatio...

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Autores: Acosta-Humánez, Primitivo B.|||0000-0002-5627-4188, Lázaro, J. Tomás|||0000-0003-4395-9708, Morales Ruiz, Juan J., Pantazi, Chara|||0000-0002-4394-404X
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:221035
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/221035
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3934/dcds.2015.35.1767
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Differential Galois Theory
Darboux theory of Integrability
Poincaré problem
Rational first integral
Integrating factor
Riccati equation
Liénard Equation
Liouvillian solution
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Sumario:We study the integrability of polynomial vector fields using Galois theory of linear differential equations when the associated foliations is reduced to a Riccati type foliation. In particular we obtain integrability results for some families of quadratic vector fields, Liénard equations and equations related with special functions such as Hypergeometric and Heun ones. The Poincaré problem for some families is also approached.