Darboux theory of integrability for real polynomial vector fields on $\sss^n$

Abstract

This is a survey on the Darboux theory of integrability for polynomial vector fields, first in $\R^n$ and second in the $n$-dimensional sphere $\sss^n$. We also provide new results about the maximum number of parallels and meridians that a polynomial vector field $\X$ on $\sss^n$ can have in function of its degree. These results in some sense extend the known result on the maximum number of hyperplanes that a polynomial vector field $\Y$ in $\R^n$ can have in function of the degree of $\Y$.