Center problem for systems with two monomial nonlinearities (Q906811)

The authors study the center problem for a planar real system which is written in the complex form as \[ \dot z=i z + A z^k \bar z^\ell+B z ^m \bar z^n \] with \(k+\ell \leq m+n, \;(k,\ell)\neq (m,n), \;A, B\in \mathbb{C}\). In the equation \(z(t)\) is \(u(t)+i v(t)\), so the phase plane is the real plane \((u,v)\). In the first theorem of the paper five series of conditions are given, the fulfillment of which yields the existence of a center at the origin of the coordinates. Then, it is proved that under some restrictions the conditions of the theorem are not only sufficient, but also necessary center conditions.