On the Poincaré Problem

We derive some restrictions on the possible degrees of algebraic invariant curves and on the possible form of algebraic integrating factors, for plane polynomial vector fields whose stationary points at infinity satisfy a certain genericity condition. The method is elementary, and we show by example...

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Published inJournal of Differential Equations Vol. 166; no. 1; pp. 51 - 78
Main Author Walcher, Sebastian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.09.2000
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Summary:We derive some restrictions on the possible degrees of algebraic invariant curves and on the possible form of algebraic integrating factors, for plane polynomial vector fields whose stationary points at infinity satisfy a certain genericity condition. The method is elementary, and we show by example that it also yields strong results for certain non-generic vector fields.
ISSN:0022-0396
1090-2732
DOI:10.1006/jdeq.2000.3801