Linearizability and local bifurcation of critical periods in a cubic Kolmogorov system (Q1947492)

This paper is devoted to the linearizability problem and local bifurcations of critical periods for a Kolmogorov system \[ \begin{aligned} \dot x &= x(A_1(x-a)+ A_2(y- b)+ B_3(x- a)^2+ B_4(y- b)^2),\\ \dot y &= y(B_1(x- a)+ B_2(y- b)+ B_3(x- a)^2+ B_4(y- b)^2).\end{aligned} \] All conditions for the linearizability of a center at the non-degenerate equilibrium point \(x=a\), \(y=b\), with \(ab\neq 0\), are obtained (they are also conditions of isochronicity of the center). It is also shown that at most two critical periods can bifurcate from the isochronous center under small perturbations of parameters and there are perturbations yielding two periods.