Vector fields, invariant varieties and linear systems
Jorge Vitório Pereira (2001)
Annales de l’institut Fourier
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We investigate the interplay between invariant varieties of vector fields and the inflection locus of linear systems with respect to the vector field. Among the consequences of such investigation we obtain a computational criterion for the existence of rational first integrals of a given degree, bounds for the number of first integrals on families of vector fields, and a generalization of Darboux's criteria. We also provide a new proof of Gomez--Mont's result...