Word problems related to periodic solutions of a non-autonomous system

Abstract

In this paper, we develop an abstract formulation of a problem which arises in the investigation of the number of limit cycles of systems of the formwhere p and q are homogeneous polynomials. This is part of the much wider study of Hilbert's sixteenth problem, in which information is sought about the number of limit cycles of systems of the formwhere P and Q are polynomials, and their possible configurations.