Upper bounds on the number of limit cycles in generalized Liénard equations of odd type (Q606539)

The main result of this paper is an upper bound for the number of limit cycles in generalized Liénard equations \[ \dot{x}=y \sum_{j=0}^{n-1} b_{j}x^j -x\left(x^{n-1}+\sum_{j=0}^{n-2} a_{j}x^j\right), \quad \dot{y}=-x \] of odd type with real coefficients. The author uses the idea of Il'yashenko and Panov to localize the unique nest of limit cycles, to analytically continue the Poincaré map to a complex domain, and to apply a theorem about the growth and zeros of holomorphic functions.