Higher order Melnikov analysis for planar piecewise linear vector fields with nonlinear switching curve

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Abstract: In this paper, we are interested in providing lower estimations for the maximum number of limit cycles H(n) that planar piecewise linear differential systems with two zones separated by the curve y=xn can have, where n is a positive integer. For this, we perform a higher order Melnikov analysis for piecewise linear perturbations of the linear center. In particular, we obtain that H(2)geq4, H(3)geq8, H(n)geq7, for ngeq4 even, and H(n)geq9, for ngeq5 odd. This improves all the previous results for ngeq2. Our analysis is mainly based on some recent results about Chebyshev systems with positive accuracy and Melnikov theory, which will be developed at any order for a class of nonsmooth differential systems with nonlinear switching manifold.




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