Simultaneous Bifurcation of Limit Cycles and Critical Periods

The present work introduces the problem of simultaneous bifurcation of limit cycles and critical periods for a system of polynomial differential equations in the plane. The simultaneity concept is defined, as well as the idea of bi-weakness in the return map and the period function. Together with the classical methods, we present an approach which uses the Lie bracket to address the simultaneity in some cases. This approach is used to find the bi-weakness of cubic and quartic Liénard systems, the general quadratic family, and the linear plus cubic homogeneous family. We finish with an illustrative example by solving the problem of simultaneous bifurcation of limit cycles and critical periods for the cubic Liénard family.

Fifteen Limit Cycles Bifurcating from a Perturbed Cubic Center

In this work, we study the bifurcation of limit cycles from the period annulus surrounding the origin of a class of cubic polynomial differential systems; when they are perturbed inside the class of all polynomial differential systems of degree six, we obtain at most fifteenth limit cycles by using the averaging theory of first order.

On Behavior of the Periodic Orbits of a Hamiltonian System of Bifurcation of Limit Cycles

In light of the previous recent studies by Jaume Llibre et al. that dealt with the finite cycles of generalized differential Kukles polynomial systems using the first- and second-order mean theorem such as (Nonlinear Anal., 74, 1261–1271, 2011) and (J. Dyn. Control Syst., vol. 21, 189–192, 2015), in this work, we provide upper bounds for the maximum number of limit cycles bifurcating from the periodic orbits of Hamiltonian system using the averaging theory of first order.

The Cyclicity of Period Annulus of Degenerate Quadratic Hamiltonian Systems with Polycycles S(2) or S(3) Under Perturbations of Piecewise Smooth Polynomials

In this paper, by using Picard–Fuchs equations and Chebyshev criterion, we study the bifurcation of limit cycles for degenerate quadratic Hamilton systems with polycycles [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text] under the perturbations of piecewise smooth polynomials with degree [Formula: see text]. Roughly speaking, for [Formula: see text], a polycycle [Formula: see text] is cyclically ordered collection of [Formula: see text] saddles together with orbits connecting them in specified order. The discontinuity is on the line [Formula: see text]. If the first order Melnikov function is not equal to zero identically, it is proved that the upper bounds of the number of limit cycles bifurcating from each of the period annuli with the boundary [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are respectively [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] (taking into account the multiplicity).

Hopf Bifurcation of Limit Cycles in Some Piecewise Smooth Liénard Systems

In this paper, we consider some piecewise smooth Liénard systems and study the Hopf bifurcation of limit cycles from the origin after a perturbation. We define the cyclicity [Formula: see text] of the piecewise smooth Liénard systems at the origin and denote [Formula: see text] for fixing [Formula: see text]. Then we obtain [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text].