Quadratic systems with a critical point of higher multiplicity (Q1174374): Difference between revisions

For a plane quadratic system, i.e., an autonomous polynomial system of differential equations of the form \(\dot x=P(x,y)\), \(\dot y=Q(x,y)\), where both \(P\) and \(Q\) are polynomials of degree at most two, the author considers the phase portrait when there is a critical point in the plane or at infinity which is not hyperbolic. In an earlier paper [Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 38, No. 1, 1-10 (1988; Zbl 0634.34013)] he showed that a quadratic system with a degenerate critical point has at most one limit cycle. Here, he considers quadratic systems with semi-elementary critical points of multiplicity at least three and obtains a similar result.