A note on the completeness of homogeneous quadratic vector fields on the plane (Q2468830)

The authors give a full description of the complete homogeneous quadratic vector fields defined on the plane. The main results obtained are as follows. Main results: Let \(F\) be a homogeneous quadratic vector field defined on the plane. Then the following assertions are equivalent: (1) \(F\) is complete; (2) \(F\) is quadratic-affine or the equation \(\dot X=F(X)\) is equivalent, by a linear change of coordinates, to a system \[ \dot x=y(ax+by), \qquad \dot y=y(ex+dy), \] where \((a+d)^2- 4(ad-bc)<0\).