Monotonous period function for equivariant differential equations with homogeneous nonlinearities

Abstract

We prove that the period function of the center at the origin of the $\mathbb{Z}_k$-equivariant differential equation $\dot{z}=iz+a(z\overline{z})^nz^{k+1}, a\ne0,$ is monotonous decreasing for all $n$ and $k$ positive integers, solving a conjecture about them. We show this result as corollary of proving that the period function of the center at the origin of a sub-family of the reversible quadratic centers is monotonous decreasing as well.