A note on the saddle conic of quadratic planar differential systems.
A simple method for constructing non-liouvillian first integrals of autonomous planar systems
We show that a transformation method relating planar first-order differential systems to second order equations is an effective tool for finding non-liouvillian first integrals. We obtain explicit first integrals for a subclass of Kukles systems, including fourth and fifth order systems, and for generalized Liénard-type systems.
Abelian integrals in holomorphic foliations.
The aim of this paper is to introduce the theory of Abelian integrals for holomorphic foliations in a complex manifold of dimension two. We will show the importance of Picard-Lefschetz theory and the classification of relatively exact 1-forms in this theory. As an application we identify some irreducible components of the space of holomorphic foliations of a fixed degree and with a center singularity in the projective space of dimension two. Also we calculate higher Melnikov functions under some...
Algebraic integrability for minimum energy curves
This paper deals with integrability issues of the Euler-Lagrange equations associated to a variational problem, where the energy function depends on acceleration and drag. Although the motivation came from applications to path planning of underwater robot manipulators, the approach is rather theoretical and the main difficulties result from the fact that the power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of its speed.
An improvement of the non-existence region for limit cycles of the Bogdanov-Takens system
In this paper, an improvement of the global region for the non-existence of limit cycles of the Bogdanov-Takens system, which is well-known in the Bifurcation Theory, is given by two ideas. The first is to apply the existence of the algebraic invariant curve of the system to the Bendixson-Dulac criterion, and the second is to consider a necessary condition in order that a closed orbit of the system includes two equilibrium points. In virtue of these methods, it shall be shown that our previous result...
Approximation of limit cycle of differential systems with variable coefficients
The behavior of the approximate solutions of two-dimensional nonlinear differential systems with variable coefficients is considered. Using a property of the approximate solution, so called conditional Ulam stability of a generalized logistic equation, the behavior of the approximate solution of the system is investigated. The obtained result explicitly presents the error between the limit cycle and its approximation. Some examples are presented with numerical simulations.