Limit cycles of a class of discontinuous piecewise differential systems in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) separated by cylinders (Q6602389)

The goal of this paper is to study the maximum number of limit cycles for a discontinuous piecewise differential systems in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). The authors provide an upper bound of the maximum number of limit cycles for a discontinuous piecewise differential systems formed by two linear Karabut systems of the form\N\[\N\dot{x} = z-y, \qquad \dot{y} =x-z, \qquad \dot{z} =y-x,\N\]\Nand separated by the cylinders \(C_{1}\) or \(C_{2},\) where \(C_{i}=\lbrace (x,y,z)\in \mathbb{R}^3 : f_{i}(x,y,z)=0 \rbrace \) for \(i=1,2\) with \(f_{1}(x,y,z)=z-x^2\) and \(f_{2}(x,y,z)=x^2+y^2-1\). In this case the entire space is divided into two regions. The authors find that:\N\begin{itemize}\N\item[1.] The maximum number of limit cycles for this class of discontinuous piecewise differential systems is at most two when the separation is \(C_{1}\). Moreover, they give examples with one and two limit cycles;\N\item[2.] When the separation is \(C_{2}\), they find that the maximum number of limit cycles is at most four. They give examples with one, two, three, and four limit cycles.\N\end{itemize}