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April  2019, 24(4): 1769-1784. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2018236

## Limit cycles of discontinuous piecewise quadratic and cubic polynomial perturbations of a linear center

 1 Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 2 School of Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

Received  November 2017 Revised  February 2018 Published  August 2018

We apply the averaging theory of high order for computing the limit cycles of discontinuous piecewise quadratic and cubic polynomial perturbations of a linear center. These discontinuous piecewise differential systems are formed by two either quadratic, or cubic polynomial differential systems separated by a straight line.

We compute the maximum number of limit cycles of these discontinuous piecewise polynomial perturbations of the linear center, which can be obtained by using the averaging theory of order $n$ for $n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5$. Of course these limit cycles bifurcate from the periodic orbits of the linear center. As it was expected, using the averaging theory of the same order, the results show that the discontinuous quadratic and cubic polynomial perturbations of the linear center have more limit cycles than the ones found for continuous and discontinuous linear perturbations.

Moreover we provide sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of a center or a focus at infinity if the discontinuous piecewise perturbations of the linear center are general quadratic polynomials or cubic quasi-homogenous polynomials.

Citation: Jaume Llibre, Yilei Tang. Limit cycles of discontinuous piecewise quadratic and cubic polynomial perturbations of a linear center. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2019, 24 (4) : 1769-1784. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2018236
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Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1986.  Google Scholar [35] Y. Zou, T. Kupper and W. J. Beyn, Generalized Hopf bifurcation for planar Filippov systems continuous at the origin, J. Nonlinear Science, 16 (2006), 159-177.  doi: 10.1007/s00332-005-0606-8.  Google Scholar

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Torregrosa, Piecewise linear perturbations of a linear center, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 33 (2013), 3915-3936.  doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.3915.  Google Scholar [8] X. Chen, J. Llibre and W. Zhang, Averaging approach to cyclicity of Hopf bifurcation in planar linear-quadratic polynomial discontinuous differential systems, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. B, 22 (2017), 3953-3965.  doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2017203.  Google Scholar [9] X. Chen, V. G. Romanovski and W. Zhang, Degenerate Hopf bifurcations in a family of FF-type switching systems, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 432 (2015), 1058-1076.  doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2015.07.036.  Google Scholar [10] B. Coll, Qualitative Study of Some Vector Fields in the Plane (Ph. Thesis in Catalan), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1987. Google Scholar [11] F. Dumortier, J. Llibre and J. C. Artés, Qualitative Theory of Planar Differential Systems, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006.  Google Scholar [12] E. Freire, E. Ponce, F. Rodrigo and F. Torres, Bifurcation sets of continuous piecewise linear systems with two zones, Internat. J. Bifur. Chaos Appl. Sci. Engrg., 8 (1998), 2073-2097.  doi: 10.1142/S0218127498001728.  Google Scholar [13] B. García, J. Llibre and J. S. Pérez del Río, Planar quasihomogeneous polynomial differential systems and their integrability, J. Differential Equation, 255 (2013), 3185-3204.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2013.07.032.  Google Scholar [14] M. Han and W. Zhang, On Hopf bifurcation in non-smooth planar systems, J. Differential Equation, 248 (2010), 2399-2416.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2009.10.002.  Google Scholar [15] S. Huan and X. Yang, The number of limit cycles in general planar piecewise linear systems, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 32 (2012), 2147-2164.  doi: 10.3934/dcds.2012.32.2147.  Google Scholar [16] J. Itikawa, J. Llibre and D. D. Novaes, A new result on averaging theory for a class of discontinuous planar differential systems with applications, Revista Matemática Iberoamericana, 33 (2017), 1247-1265.  doi: 10.4171/RMI/970.  Google Scholar [17] A. G. Khovansky, Real analytic manifolds with finiteness properties and complex Abelian integrals, Funct. Anal. Appl., 18 (1984), 40-50.   Google Scholar [18] I. D. Iliev, The number of limit cycles due to polynomial perturbations of the harmonic oscillator, Math. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc., 127 (1999), 317-322.  doi: 10.1017/S0305004199003795.  Google Scholar [19] J. Itikawa and J. Llibre, Limit cycles for continuous and discontinuous perturbations of uniform isochronous cubic centers, J. of Computational and Applied Mathematic, 277 (2015), 171-191.  doi: 10.1016/j.cam.2014.09.007.  Google Scholar [20] J. Itikawa and J. Llibre, Phase portraits of uniform isochronous quartic centers, J. of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 287 (2015), 98-114.  doi: 10.1016/j.cam.2015.02.046.  Google Scholar [21] L. Li, Three crossing limit cycles in planar piecewise linear systems with saddle-focus type, Electron. J. Qual. Theory Differ. Equ., 2014 (2014), 14pp.  Google Scholar [22] J. Llibre, A. C. Mereu and D. D. Novaes, Averaging theory for discontinuous piecewise differential systems, J. Differential Equation, 258 (2015), 4007-4032.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2015.01.022.  Google Scholar [23] J. Llibre, D. D. Novaes and M. A. Teixeira, On the birth of limit cycles for non-smooth dynamical systems, Bull. Sci. Math., 139 (2015), 229-244.  doi: 10.1016/j.bulsci.2014.08.011.  Google Scholar [24] J. Llibre and E. Ponce, Three nested limit cycles in discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems with two zones, Dynam. Contin. Discrete Impuls. Systems. Ser. B Appl. Algorithms, 19 (2012), 325-335.   Google Scholar [25] J. Llibre, E. Ponce and C. Valls, Uniqueness and non-uniqueness of limit cycles of piecewise linear differential systems with three zones and no symmetry, J. Nonlinear Science, 25 (2015), 861-887.  doi: 10.1007/s00332-015-9244-y.  Google Scholar [26] R. Lum and L. O. Chua, Global properties of continuous piecewise-linear vector fields. Part Ⅰ: Simplest case in $\mathbb{R} ^2$, Internat. J. Circuit Theory Appl., 19 (1991), 251-307.   Google Scholar [27] R. Lum and L. O. Chua, Global properties of continuous piecewise-linear vector fields. Part Ⅱ: simplest symmetric in $\mathbb R^2$, Internat. J. Circuit Theory Appl., 20 (1992), 9-46.  doi: 10.1002/cta.4490200103.  Google Scholar [28] O. Makarenkov and J. S. W. Lamb, Dynamics and bifurcations of nonsmooth systems: A survey, Physica D, 241 (2012), 1826-1844.  doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2012.08.002.  Google Scholar [29] G. Sansone and R. Conti, Non-Linear Differential Equations, 2$^{nd}$ edition, Pergamon Press, New York, 1964.  Google Scholar [30] D. Schlomiuk and N. Vulpe, Geometry of quadratic differential systems in the neighborhood of infinity, J. Differential Equations, 215 (2005), 357-400.  doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2004.11.001.  Google Scholar [31] D. J. W. Simpson, Bifurcations in Piecewise-Smooth Continuous Systems, World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science A, vol 69, World Scientific, Singapore, 2010. doi: 10.1142/7612.  Google Scholar [32] A. N. Varchenko, An estimate of the number of zeros of an Abelian integral depending on a parameter and limiting cycles, Funct. Anal. Appl., 18 (1984), 14-25.   Google Scholar [33] L. Wei and X. Zhang, Limit cycle bifurcations near generalized homoclinic loop in piecewise smooth differential systems, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 36 (2016), 2803-2825.  doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.2803.  Google Scholar [34] Y. Q. Ye, Theory of Limit Cycles, Trans. Math. Monographs 66, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 1986.  Google Scholar [35] Y. Zou, T. Kupper and W. J. Beyn, Generalized Hopf bifurcation for planar Filippov systems continuous at the origin, J. Nonlinear Science, 16 (2006), 159-177.  doi: 10.1007/s00332-005-0606-8.  Google Scholar
Existence of closed orbits for system (29)
Existence of global center for system (29)
Maximum number of limit cycles bifurcating from the periodic orbits of the linear center using averaging theory of order $n$
 Order $n$ $L_1(n)$ $L_2(n)$ $L_3(n)$ $L_2^I(n)$ $L_3^I(n)$ 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 5 1 2 3 2 5 8 1 3 4 3 6 11 2 4 5 3 8 13 2 5
 Order $n$ $L_1(n)$ $L_2(n)$ $L_3(n)$ $L_2^I(n)$ $L_3^I(n)$ 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 5 1 2 3 2 5 8 1 3 4 3 6 11 2 4 5 3 8 13 2 5
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