On the number of limit cycles in generalized abel equations

Given p,q\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 2}$ with p\neq q$, we study generalized Abel differential equations $\frac{dx}{d\theta}=A(\theta)x^p+B(\theta)x^q,$ where A$ and B$ are trigonometric polynomials of degrees n, m\ge 1,$ respectively, and we are interested in the number of limit cycles (i.e., isolated peri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Huang, J., Torregrosa, J., Villadelprat, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/530691
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/530691
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Matemàtiques
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Sumario:Given p,q\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 2}$ with p\neq q$, we study generalized Abel differential equations $\frac{dx}{d\theta}=A(\theta)x^p+B(\theta)x^q,$ where A$ and B$ are trigonometric polynomials of degrees n, m\ge 1,$ respectively, and we are interested in the number of limit cycles (i.e., isolated periodic orbits) that they can have. More concretely, in this context, an open problem is to prove the existence of an integer, depending only on p,q,m$, and n$ and that we denote by $\mathcal{H}_{p,q}(n,m)$, such that the above differential equation has at most $\mathcal{H}_{p,q}(n,m)$ limit cycles. In the present paper, by means of a second order analysis using Melnikov functions, we provide lower bounds of $\mathcal{H}_{p,q}(n,m)$ that, to the best of our knowledge, are larger than the previous ones appearing in the literature. In particular, for classical Abel differential equations (i.e., p=3$ and q=2$), we prove that $\mathcal{H}_{3,2}(n,m)\geq 2(n+m)-1.$