On deformation of foliations with a center in the projective space (Q2731763)

Quoting from the article's abstract: ``Let \({\mathcal F}\) be a foliation in the projective space of dimension two with a first integral of the type \({F^p}/{G^q}\), where \(F\) and \(G\) are two polynomials on an affine coordinate, \({\deg(F)}/{\deg(G)} = {q}/{p}\) and \(\gcd(p,q) = 1\). Let \(z\) be a nondegenerate critical point of \(F^p/G^q\), which is a center singularity of \({\mathcal F}\), and \({\mathcal F}_t\) be a deformation of \({\mathcal F}\) in the space of foliations of degree \(\deg({\mathcal F})\) such that its unique deformed singularity \(z_t\) near \(z\) persists in being a center. We will prove that the foliation \({\mathcal F}_t\) has a first integral of the same type as \({\mathcal F}\). Using the arguments of the proof of this result we will give a lower bound for the maximum number of limit cycles of real polynomial differential equations of a fixed degree in the real plane.''NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE(If the degree is \(d\), then the lower bound referred to in the last sentence is \((3/4)(d^2 + 2d -4/3)\) if \(d\) is even, and \((3/4)(d^2 + 2d -13/3)\) if \(d\) is odd.).