scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1320523

Publication date 10 April 2000

divergence integral limit cycles monotonicity quadratic differential system uniqueness

Topological structure of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles of ordinary differential equations (34C05) Theory of limit cycles of polynomial and analytic vector fields (existence, uniqueness, bounds, Hilbert's 16th problem and ramifications) for ordinary differential equations (34C07)

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The author gives some very wide conditions for the monotonicity of the divergence intgral \(-\oint f(x) dt\) of the Liénard system \[ {dx\over dt}= y,\quad {dy\over dt}= -f(x)y- g(x).\tag{1} \] By using these he is able to get a theorem on the uniqueness of limit cycles, which extends theorems by X. W. Zheng, W. A. Coppel, et al. As a by-product, he completes the proof of the uniqueness of limit cycles for the quadratic system \[ {dx\over dt}= -y+ cx+ dx^2+ bxy+ ay^2,\quad {dy\over dt}= x(1+ y),\tag{2} \] and shows that in the proof of \textit{B. Coll} and \textit{J. Llibre} [Qualitative theory of differential equations, 3rd Colloq., Szeged/Hung. 1988, Colloq. Math. Soc. János Bolyai 53, 111-123 (1990; Zbl 0781.34040)], there is still a gap.

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