Hopf bifurcation in a class of piecewise smooth near-Hamiltonian systems (Q6592010)

The paper analyses the Hopf bifurcation of piecewise smooth near-Hamiltonian systems of the form \[ \begin{cases} \, \dot{x} = H_{y}(x,y) + \varepsilon f(x,y,\varepsilon,\delta), \\\N\, \dot{y} = -H_{x}(x,y) + \varepsilon g(x,y,\varepsilon,\delta), \end{cases} \] where \(\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R}\) is a scalar parameter and \(\delta\in D\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{m}\) is a vector parameter, with \(D\) a compact set. By studying the asymptotic expansion of the first-order Melnikov function, the authors provide an upper bound and a lower bound of the number of limit cycles near a center of parabolic-parabolic type or focus-parabolic type. Additionally, two illustrative applications are presented.