The Poincaré theorem on the absence of compact regular orbits and its applications (Q5951245)

Consider the autonomous total differential system \((*)\) \(dx=f(x) dt\) where \(x\in {\mathbb R}^n\), \(t\in {\mathbb R}^m\) and \(f\) is an \(n\times m\) matrix analytic in \(x\) in some domain \(W\subset {\mathbb R}^n\), and system \((*)\) is completely integrable, i.e. for the differential operators \(F_j(x)=\sum _{i=1}^nf_{ij}(x)\partial _{x_i}\) the Frobenius conditions hold in \(W\): \([F_j(x),F_k(x)]=0\). The paper deals with the problem to find domains (i.e. open arcwise connected sets) with no compact regular orbits of system \((*)\) in them (i.e. orbits without singular points). To solve the problem a generalization of the method of generalized Lyapunov functions is used. In the case when \(f\) is a matrix of real polynomials the algebraicity of compact regular orbits is investigated using the method of partial integrals.