Lie symmetries for the orbital linearization of smooth planar vector fields around singular points (Q930976)

The article deals with the orbital linearization problem, i.e. to determine the local Poincaré normal form transformation that maps the foliation defined by the solutions of a smooth nonlinear planar system of differential equations into the foliation of a linear one. The authors propose a method to obtain the change of coordinates that orbitally linearizes a smooth planar vector field on \(\mathbb{C}^2\) around an elementary singular point or a nilpotent singular point from a given infinitesimal generator of a Lie symmetry. An illustrative example is given. This article is a generalization of the method proposed in [\textit{I. A. García} and \textit{S. Maza}, ``Linearization of analytic isochronous center from a given commutator'', J. Math. Anal. Appl. 339, No. 1, 740--745 (2008; Zbl 1148.34029)].