On the number of limit cycles of planar quadratic vector fields (Q1048553): Difference between revisions

The paper is devoted to restricted Hilbert's 16th problem for quadratic vector fields which can be transformed to the Kapteyn normal form \[ \dot{x}=\lambda_1x-y-\lambda_3x^2+(2\lambda_2+\lambda_5)xy+\lambda_6y^2,\quad \dot{y}=x+\lambda_1y+\lambda_2x^2+(2\lambda_3+\lambda_4)xy-\lambda_2y^2, \] where \(\lambda_1\in\mathbb{R},\) \(\bar{\lambda}=(\lambda_2,\dots,\lambda_6)\in\mathbb{S}^5.\) The author considers limit cycles surrounding the origin which do not pass the \(\delta\)-neighborhoods of all singular points and that are contained in a disc \(\sqrt{x^2+y^2}\leq1/\delta,\) \(\delta>0\) is arbitrary. The main result estimates the Hilbert number \(H(\delta,\lambda)\) under certain conditions uniformly in \(\lambda\).