Linear estimate for the number of limit cycles of a perturbed cubic polynomial differential system (Q2518590)

In the focus of this paper is a near-Hamiltonian polynomial system in the form \[ \dot{x}=-y(a_1x+a_0)(b_1y+b_0) + \varepsilon p(x,y), \qquad \dot{y}=x(a_1x+a_0)(b_1y+b_0) + \varepsilon q(x,y), \] where \(a_0,a_1,b_0,b_1\neq0\), \(\varepsilon \geq 0\) is a small real parameter, \(p\) and \(q\) are two arbitrary polynomials of degree \(n\). The system has essentially a linear center with two straight lines of singular points when \(\varepsilon = 0\). Using the averaging theory of second order it is proved that at most \(17n+15\) limit cycles can bifurcate from the periodic orbits of the center of unperturbed system.