Limit cycle bifurcations in perturbations of a reversible quadratic system with a non-rational first integral (Q2219810)

In this paper, by using Melnikov function method, the authors investigate the number of limit cycles of a reversible quadratic system whose first integral is a non-rational function, when it is perturbed inside the class of all discontinuous quadratic polynomial differential systems with the straight line of discontinuity \(y = 0\). The result shows that the piecewise smooth system can have at least four more limit cycles around the origin than the smooth one. It should be emphasized that the first integral is not a rational function, which leads to a lot of calculation.