Bifurcation and Isochronicity at Infinity in a Class of Cubic Polynomial Vector Fields

In this paper, we study the appearance of limit cycles from the equator and isochronicity of infinity in polynomial vector fields with no singular points at infinity. We give a recursive formula to compute the singular point quantities of a class of cubic polynomial systems, which is used to calculate the first seven singular point quantities. Further, we prove that such a cubic vector field can have maximal seven limit cycles in the neighborhood of infinity. We actually and construct a system that has seven limit cycles. The positions of these limit cycles can be given exactly without constructing the Poincare cycle fields. The technique employed in this work is essentially different from the previously widely used ones. Finally, the isochronous center conditions at infinity are given.

Multiple Limit Cycles Bifurcation From the Degenerate Singularity for a Class of Three-dimensional Systems

In this paper,bifurcation of small amplitude limit cycles from the degenerate equilibrium of a three-dimensional system is investigated.Firstly,the method to calculate the focal values at nilpotent critical point on center manifold is discussed.Then an example is studied,by computing the quasi-Lyapunov constants,the existence of at least 4 limit cycles on the center manifold is proved.In terms of degenerate singularity in high-dimensional systems,our work is new.