Uniform boundedness conjecture for zeros of pseudoabelian integrals

Consider a one-parameter family of planar real foliations defined by

θ+εω=0,\theta+\varepsilon\omega=0,

where θ\theta is a closed rational 11-form and ω\omega is a rational 11-form admissible for θ\theta, meaning that Poles(ω)Poles(θ)\operatorname{Poles}(\omega)\subseteq\operatorname{Poles}(\theta). For ovals Lt{f=t}L_t\subseteq\{f=t\}, write the associated Poincaré–Pontryagin integral as

I(t)=Ltω.I(t)=\oint_{L_t}\omega.

Uniform boundedness conjecture. For any pair of rational 11-forms (θ,ω)(\theta,\omega) on the real plane R2\mathbb R^2 of degrees n,mn,m respectively, such that dθ=0d\theta=0 and Poles(ω)Poles(θ)\operatorname{Poles}(\omega)\subseteq\operatorname{Poles}(\theta), the number of isolated real zeros of I(t)I(t) is bounded by a constant N=N(n,m)N=N(n,m) depending only on nn and mm.

Such a bound would translate directly, via the Poincaré–Pontryagin criterion, into uniform bounds for limit cycles arising from polynomial perturbations of Darbouxian integrable systems. The source presents this as a conjecture believed by most experts; no resolution is supplied.

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Primary source

Dmitry Novikov, “On limit cycles appearing by polynomial perturbation of Darbouxian integrable systems”, arXiv:0704.3217 (2007).

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