Rational integration of the Lotka-Volterra system (Q1819185)

The author deals with the Lotka-Volterra system of autonomous differential equations, where the corresponding vector field is \[ V(A,B,C)= x(Cy+ z)\partial_x+ y(Az+ x)\partial_y+ z(Bx+ y)\partial_z. \] The following theorem is proved: The Lotka-Volterra vector field \(V(A,B,C)\) has a rational first integral of degree \(0\) if and only if all three parameters \(A\), \(B\), and \(C\) are rational numbers and moreover, the triple \((A,B,C)\), belongs, up to a natural transformation, to one of the following sets: \(S_1= \{(A, B,C), ABC+ 1= 0\}\), \(S_2= \{(A, B,C), C+1/A= A+ 1/B= B+ 1/C= -1\}\), \(S_3\), the set of all triples such that \(B= 1\) and \(-1/A- C\) is a positive integer while \(-C\) and \(-1/A\) are not both positive integers, \(S_4\), the set of all triples such that \(B= 2\) and \(C+ 1/A= -1\) and either \(A-1\) or \(-1/2-A\) is a positive integer, the isolated triple \(S_5= \{(-7/3,3,-4/7)\}\), or the isolated triple \(S_6= \{(-3/2,2, -4/3)\}\).