Perturbed rigidly isochronous centers and their critical periods

作者:Peng, Linping; Lu, Lianghaolong; Feng, Zhaosheng*
来源:Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2017, 453(1): 366-382.
DOI:10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.03.081

摘要

This paper investigates the bifurcation of critical periods from a cubic rigidly isochronous center under any small polynomial perturbations of degree n. It proves that for n = 3, 4 and 5, there are at most 2 and 4 critical periods induced by periodic orbits of the unperturbed cubic system respectively, and in each case this upper bound is sharp. Moreover, for any n > 5, there are at most [n-1/2] critical periods induced by periodic orbits of the unperturbed cubic system. An example is given to show that the upper bound in the case of n = 11 can be reached.