Rational first integrals of the Liénard equations: The solution to the Poincaré problem for the Liénard equations
Jaume Llibre1, Claudio Pessoa2, Jarne D Ribeiro3
1Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Abstract:
Poincaré in 1891 asked about the necessary and sufficient conditions in order to characterize when a polynomial differential system in the plane has a rational first integral. Here we solve this question for the class of Liénard differential equations x ¨ + f ( x ) x ˙ + x = 0 , being f ( x ) a polynomial of arbitrary degree. As far as we know it is the first time that all rational first integrals of a relevant class of polynomial differential equations of arbitrary degree has been classified.
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