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Some remarks on polynomial vector fields in RR2
Abstract
In this paper, we study planar polynomial vector fields admitting invariant circles. We characterize polynomial vector fields having m concentric invariant circles, and we describe those having three invariant circles whose centers are not collinear. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for the unit circle to be the unique limit cycle of a quadratic vector field. We prove that a cubic or quartic Kolmogorov vector field having the unit circle invariant has no circular limit cycle, and that a quartic vector field with two concentric circular limit cycles has at most three circular limit cycles, this bound being sharp.
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BibTeX
@misc{jana2026some,
title = {{Some remarks on polynomial vector fields in $\RR^2$}},
author = {Supriyo Jana and Soumen Sarkar},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.33226},
eprint = {2610.33226},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33226},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Some remarks on polynomial vector fields in RR^2
AU - Supriyo Jana
AU - Soumen Sarkar
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/23
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.33226
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33226
AB - In this paper, we study planar polynomial vector fields admitting invariant circles. We characterize polynomial vector fields having m concentric invariant circles, and we describe those having three invariant circles whose centers are not collinear. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for the unit circle to be the unique limit cycle of a quadratic vector field. We prove that a cubic or quartic Kolmogorov vector field having the unit circle invariant has no circular limit cycle, and that a quartic vector field with two concentric circular limit cycles has at most three circular limit cycles, this bound being sharp.
ER -