Maximum Number of Small Limit Cycles in Some Rational Liénard Systems with Cubic Restoring Terms

Abstract

In this paper, we obtain an upper bound for the number of small-amplitude limit cycles produced by Hopf bifurcation in one particular type of rational Liénard systems in the form of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are polynomials in [Formula: see text] with degrees [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively. Furthermore, we show that the upper bound presented here is sharp in the case of [Formula: see text].