On the number of limit cycles for polycycles $S^{(2)}$ and $S^{(3)}$ in quadratic Hamilton systems under perturbations of piecewise smooth polynomials

Jiaxin Wang, Liqin Zhao

Published 2019-10-09Version 1

In this paper, by using Picard-Fuchs equations and Chebyshev criterion, we study the bifurcate of limit cycles for quadratic Hamilton system $S^{(2)}$ and $S^{(3)}$: $\dot{x}= y+2axy+by^2$, $\dot{y}=-x+x^2-ay^2$ with $a\in(-\frac{1}{2},1)$, $b=(1-a)(1+2a)^{1/2}$ and $a=1$, $b=0$ respectively, under perturbations of piecewise smooth polynomials with degree $n$. The discontinuity is the line $y=0$. We bound the number of zeros of first order Melnikov function which controls the number of limit cycles bifurcating from the center. It is proved that the upper bounds of the number of limit cycles for $S^{(2)}$ and $S^{(3)}$ are respectively $25n+161$ $(n\geq3)$ and $24n+126$ $(n\geq3)$ (taking into account the multiplicity).