Limit cycles of some polynomial Liénard systems (Q663710)

Consider the Liénard system \[ \dot x= y,\quad\dot y= -g(x)-\varepsilon f(x),\tag{1} \] where \(\varepsilon\) is a small parameter, \(f\) and \(g\) are polynomials in \(x\) with \(\deg f=m\) and \(\deg g=n\). The maximal number of limit cyclces of (1) is denoted by \(H(m,n)\). For \(n= 2,3,4\) there are results on lower bounds of \(H(m,n)\). In the paper the authors study the case \(n=5\). Using the Melnikov function, they prove \(H(2,5)\geq 3\), \(H(4,5)\geq 5\), \(H(6,5)\geq 10\), \(H(8,5)\geq 10\).