Limit cycles in piecewise smooth systems with circular switching manifold

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Hauptverfasser: Rondón, Gabriel, da Silva, Paulo R., Llibre, Jaume
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author Rondón, Gabriel
da Silva, Paulo R.
Llibre, Jaume
author_facet Rondón, Gabriel
da Silva, Paulo R.
Llibre, Jaume
contents We study limit cycles in piecewise complex systems with switching manifold $\mathbb{S}^1$. Using Möbius transformations we establish an equivalence between circular and straight-line discontinuities that preserves periods, stability, and algebraic structure. For piecewise polynomial holomorphic systems we obtain lower bounds on the number of limit cycles via second-order averaging and, for low degrees, via Lyapunov quantities. For piecewise antiholomorphic systems we prove upper bounds: at most $3$ limit cycles in the linear case and $10$ in the quadratic case. We also prove a rigidity theorem: when both components admit classical holomorphic normal forms at the origin no crossing limit cycles exist. Finally, we construct explicit algebraic limit cycles in the circular context, providing, as far as we know the first such examples in the literature.
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spellingShingle Limit cycles in piecewise smooth systems with circular switching manifold
Rondón, Gabriel
da Silva, Paulo R.
Llibre, Jaume
Dynamical Systems
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Complex Variables
30C20, 34A36, 34C07, 37G15
We study limit cycles in piecewise complex systems with switching manifold $\mathbb{S}^1$. Using Möbius transformations we establish an equivalence between circular and straight-line discontinuities that preserves periods, stability, and algebraic structure. For piecewise polynomial holomorphic systems we obtain lower bounds on the number of limit cycles via second-order averaging and, for low degrees, via Lyapunov quantities. For piecewise antiholomorphic systems we prove upper bounds: at most $3$ limit cycles in the linear case and $10$ in the quadratic case. We also prove a rigidity theorem: when both components admit classical holomorphic normal forms at the origin no crossing limit cycles exist. Finally, we construct explicit algebraic limit cycles in the circular context, providing, as far as we know the first such examples in the literature.
title Limit cycles in piecewise smooth systems with circular switching manifold
topic Dynamical Systems
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Complex Variables
30C20, 34A36, 34C07, 37G15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.26061