New sufficient conditions for a center and global phase portraits for polynomial systems (Q677835)

The authors consider a system \[ x'=P(x,y),\quad y'=Q(x,y), \] where \(P,Q\) are polynomials in \(x,y\). They study the function \(1/M(x,y)\) (where \(M\) is an integrating factor for the system) to find new explicit conditions under which the system has a center. For cubic systems, global phase portraits in the case of center existence are described.