Limit cycles of a class of cubic Liénard equations (Q1936522)
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Limit cycles of a class of cubic Liénard equations (English)
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5 February 2013
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In the focus of this paper there is the following class of polynomial Liénard systems of the form \[ \dot x=y-(a_1x+a_2x^2+a_3x^3),\;\dot y=-(b_1x+b_2x^2+b_3x^3) \] with real coefficients. By using Filippov transformations and Zhang's theorem, the authors derive some conditions for the existence, non-existence and uniqueness of a limit cycle. It is proved that the mentioned system has at most one limit cycle surrounding the origin if \(a_1 a_3<0\) or \(b_2=0\). The paper contains an example illustrating that the considered system can have three limit cycles.
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Liénard equation
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limit cycle
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Hopf bifurcation
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