On the number of limit cycles for generic Lotka-Volterra system and Bogdanov-Takens system under perturbations of piecewise smooth polynomials (Q2283081)

The authors consider the bifurcation of limit cycles for a generic Lotka-Volterra system and a Bogdanov-Takens system under perturbations of piecewise smooth polynomials with degree \(n\). By means of a linear transformation, the Picard-Fuchs equation, the Melnikov function, the authors prove that the upper bounds of the number of limit cycles (taking into account the multiplicity) for this generic L-V system and this B-T system are, respectively, \(39n-72\) \((n\geq 4)\), \(39, 59, 98\) \((n = 1, 2, 3)\) and \(12n + 3\left[\frac{n}{2}\right] + 5\).