New lower bound for the number of critical periods for planar polynomial systems (Q2214695)

In this paper, the author constructs two classes of planar polynomial Hamiltonian systems with a center at the origin and obtain the lower bounds for the number of critical periods for derived classes. The main result of the paper can be described as follows: there exists a polynomial potential systems of degree \(n\) whose number of critical periods is at least \(n-2\), and there exists a polynomial systems of degree \(n\) whose number of critical periods is at least \(n^2/2+n-5/2\) for odd \(n\) and \(n^2/2-2\) for even \(n\). The idea used in this paper is essentially different from the methods in other papers.