Bifurcation of limit cycles from a quadratic global center with two switching lines

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize the Picard-Fuchs equation method to study the bifurcation of limit cycles of perturbed differential systems with two switching lines. We obtain the detailed expression of the corresponding first order Melnikov function which can be used to get the upper bound of the number of limit cycles for the perturbed system by using Picard-Fuchs equation. It is worth noting that we greatly simplify the computations and this method can be applied to study the number of limit cycles of other differential systems with two switching lines. Our results also show that the number of switching lines has essentially impact on the number of limit cycles bifurcating from a period annulus.