On the Integrability of Liénard systems with a strong saddle

We study the local analytic integrability for real Li\'{e}nard systems, $\dot x=y-F(x),$ $\dot y= x$, with $F(0)=0$ but $F'(0)\ne0,$ which implies that it has a strong saddle at the origin. First we prove that this problem is equivalent to study the local analytic integrability of the $[p:-q]$ resonant saddles. This result implies that the local analytic integrability of a strong saddle is a hard problem and only partial results can be obtained. Nevertheless this equivalence gives a new method to compute the so-called resonant saddle quantities transforming the $[p:-q]$ resonant saddle into a strong saddle.The first author is partially supported by a MINECO/FEDER grant number MTM2014- 53703-P and an AGAUR (Generalitat de Catalunya) grant number 2014SGR-1204. The second author is partially supported by a FEDER-MINECO grant MTM2016-77278-P, a MINEC0 grant MTM2013-40998-P, and an AGAUR grant number 2014SGR-568

The cubic polynomial differential systems with two circles as algebraic limit cycles

In this paper we characterize all cubic polynomial differential systems in the plane having two circles as invariant algebraic limit cycles.The first author is partially supported by a MINECO grant number MTM2014-53703-P, and an AGAUR (Generalitat de Catalunya) grant number 2014SGR 1204. The second author is partially supported by a MINECO grant MTM2013-40998-P, an AGAUR grant 2014SGR 568, and two grants FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES numbers 316338 and 318999. The third author is partially supported by FCT/Portugal through the project UID/MAT/04459/2013

A note on "Relaxation Oscillators with Exact Limit Cycles"

In this note we give a family of planar polynomial differential systems with a prescribed hyperbolic limit cycle. This family constitutes a corrected and wider version of an example given in the work of M.A. Abdelkader entitled ``Relaxation Oscillators with Exact Limit Cycles'', which appeared in J. Math. Anal. Appl. 218 (1998), 308--312. The result given in this note may be used to construct models of Li\'enard differential equations exhibiting a desired limit cycle.Comment: 8 pages, no figure

Integrability conditions of a resonant saddle in generalized Liénard-like complex polynomial differential systems

We consider a complex differential system with a resonant saddle at the origin. We compute the resonant saddle quantities and using Gröbner bases we find the integrability conditions for such systems up to a certain degree. We also establish a conjecture about the integrability conditions for such systems when they have arbitrary degree