Uniqueness of limit cycles for Liénard differential equations of degree four (Q665979): Difference between revisions

The paper is devoted to the classical Liénard system of degree four which in general case can be transformed to the following form \[ \dot{x}=y-\left(\frac{a}{2}x^2+ \frac{b}{3}x^3+\frac{x^4}{4}\right),\;\dot{y}=-(x-\lambda), \] satisfying \(a\geq 0,\) \(b\geq 0,\) \(a\geq 2b^2/9.\) The authors prove that such a system has at most one limit cycle, and if the limit cycle exists it is hyperbolic. The derived result gives a positive answer to the conjecture by \textit{A. Lins, W. de Melo} and \textit{C. C. Pugh} [Lect. Notes Math. 597, 335--357 (1977; Zbl 0362.34022)] about the number of limit cycles for polynomial Liénard system in this case.