Probability of existence of limit cycles for a family of planar systems

Abstract

The goal of this work is the study of the probability of occurrence of limit cycles for a family of planar differential systems that are a natural extension of linear ones. To prove our results we first develop several results of non-existence, existence, uniqueness and non-uniqueness of limit cycles for this family. They are obtained by studying some Abelian integrals, via degenerate Andronov-Hopf bifurcations or by using the Bendixson-Dulac criterion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the probability of existence of limit cycles for a non-trivial family of planar systems is obtained analytically. In particular, we give vector fields for which the probability of having limit cycles is positive, but as small as desired. © 2023 The Author(s)