A Chebyshev criterion with applications (Q2189779)

The authors prove that a family of certain definite integrals forms a Chebyshev system if two families of associated functions appearing in their integrands are Chebyshev systems as well. Then, they apply this criterion to determine bounds on the number of isolated periodic solutions of several perturbed differential equations. To sum up, the analysis in this paper is skillful and interesting and the results are useful in studying the second part of Hilbert's 16th problem.