Limit cycles in two kinds of quadratic reversible systems with non-smooth perturbations (Q2046953)

The author studies some non-smooth perturbations of degree \(n\) of two concrete differential systems showing a reversible center. The perturbations are in the four quadrants that surround the center. For these perturbations, the author detects the maximal bound for the maximum number of limit cycles which can be obtained from the period annulus of the mentioned center according to the degree of the perturbation. In the case of quadratic perturbations, he also detects that a certain number of limit cycles may be obtained for sure. The statement is then that \(11\leq H(2)\leq 23\), and there are other statements according the degree and the type of perturbation. Here \(H(n)\) means the maximum number of limit cycles which can be obtained from the period annulus of the center in these piecewise systems. One needs not to confound this \(H(n)\) with the more classical acception that it represents the maximum number of limit cyles that a polynomial differential system of degree \(n\) may have. The result seems very nice and the technique used of studying the Melnikov function is a standard tool. I feel just a pity that the author has not delighted us with a concrete example of perturbation showing the 11 limit cycles claimed.