Small-amplitude limit cycles of certain planar differential systems (Q2173687)

Consider the planar system \begin{align*} \frac{dx}{dt}&= -y+xf(y), \\ \frac{dy}{dt}&= x+yf(x)\tag{1} \end{align*} under the assumption \(f(0)=0\) and that \(f\) is real analytic \(f(x)=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\alpha_kz^k.\) The authors prove \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] The origin of (1) is a center if \(f\) is odd. \item[(ii)] Let \(f\) be of degree \(n\). Then the cyclicity of the origin is \(\big[\frac{n}{2}\big]\), that is, the maximum number of limit cycles which can bifurcate from the origin is \(\big[\frac{n}{2}\big]\), there is an analytic perturbation of (1) such that \(\big[\frac{n}{2}\big]\) limit cycles bifurcate from the origin. \end{itemize}