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A new simple proof for Lum-Chua's conjecture

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Author(s):
Carmona, Victoriano [1, 2] ; Fernandez-Sanchez, Fernando [3, 4] ; Novaes, Douglas D. [5]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Seville, Dept Matemat Aplicada 2, Escuela Politecn Super, Calle Virgen Africa 7, Seville 741011 - Spain
[2] Univ Seville, IMUS, Escuela Politecn Super, Calle Virgen Africa 7, Seville 741011 - Spain
[3] Univ Seville, Dept Matemat Aplicada 2, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn, Camino Descubrimientos S-N, Seville 41092 - Spain
[4] Univ Seville, IMUS, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn, Camino Descubrimientos S-N, Seville 41092 - Spain
[5] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Matemat, Rua Sergio Buarque de Holanda 651, Cidade Univ, BR-13083859 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: NONLINEAR ANALYSIS-HYBRID SYSTEMS; v. 40, MAY 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

The already proved Lum-Chua's conjecture says that a continuous planar piecewise linear differential system with two zones separated by a straight line has at most one limit cycle. In this paper, we provide a new proof by using a novel characterization for Poincare half-maps in planar linear systems. This proof is very short and straightforward, because this characterization avoids the inherent flaws of the usual methods to study piecewise linear systems (the appearance of large case-by-case analysis due to the unnecessary discrimination between the different spectra of the involved matrices, to deal with transcendental equations forced by the implicit occurrence of flight time,...). In addition, the application of the characterization allow us to prove that if a limit cycle exists, then it is hyperbolic and its stability is determined by a simple relationship between the parameters. To the best of our knowledge, the hyperbolicity of the limit cycle and this simple expression for its stability have not been pointed out before. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/16430-8 - Global dynamics of nonsmooth differential equations
Grantee:Douglas Duarte Novaes
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 19/10269-3 - Ergodic and qualitative theories of dynamical systems II
Grantee:Claudio Aguinaldo Buzzi
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 18/13481-0 - Geometry of control, dynamical and stochastic systems
Grantee:Marco Antônio Teixeira
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants