Centers of planar generalized Abel equations (Q2300437)

Consider the generalized Abel equation \[ \frac{{dr}}{{d\theta}} = a(\theta) r^n + b(\theta) r^m \tag{1}, \] where \( (r,\theta) \) are polar coordinates in \(\mathbb{R}^2\). The authors prove the result: Theorem. If \(a\) and \(b\) are odd functions which are continuously differentiable and if \(m \ge 2n-1\), then the origin \(r=0\) of (1) is a center. The case \(n=2,m=3 \) has been treated by \textit{A. L. A. Araujo} et al. [``Conditions to the existence of center in planar systems and center for Abel equation'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1707.02664}].