The reversibility and the center problem (Q608423)

The authors study relations between reversibility and the center problem and between reversibility and the integrability problem. They prove the existence of a smooth map that transforms an analytic system having a degenerate center at the origin with either an analytic first integral or a \(C^\infty\) inverse integrating factor into a reversible linear system (after rescaling the time). It is also shown that, if the degenerate center has an analytic or a \(C^\infty\) symmetry, then the transformed system has a reversing symmetry as well. A procedure to detect reversing symmetries using a known first local integral is given. Some interesting examples are provided.