Weak Center and Bifurcation of Critical Periods in a Cubic Z2-Equivariant Hamiltonian Vector Field

Abstract

This paper focuses on the problems of weak center and local bifurcation of critical periods for a class of cubic Z2-equivariant planar Hamiltonian vector fields. By computing the period constants carefully, one can see that there are three weak centers: (±1, 0) and the origin. The corresponding weak center conditions are also derived. Meanwhile, we address the problem of the coexistence of bifurcation of critical periods that occurred from (±1, 0) and the origin.