This book introduces the bifurcation theory of limit cycles of planar systems with multiple parameters.It is focused on the most recent developments in this field and provides major advances in fundamental theory of limit cycles.The main topics include Hopf bifurcation of limit cycles from a center or a focus,homoclinic bifurcations near a homoclinic or a heteroclinic loop,and the number of limit cycle in global bifurcations of near-Hamiltonian polynomial systems of arbitrary degree.This book will be of use to graduate mathematics students as well as scientists.
Han Maoan is a professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences of Shanghai Normal University.He has been working on the research of differential equations and dynamical systems for 30 years with 300 papers published.