Nonexistence of centers for polynomial differential equations without linear terms

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Let N≥3N\geq 3, let Aj(t)A_j(t), for j=2,3,…,N−1j=2,3,\ldots,N-1, be polynomial functions, and consider the differential equation

z˙=zN+AN−1(t)zN−1+⋯+A3(t)z3+A2(t)z2.\dot{z}=z^{N}+A_{N-1}(t)z^{N-1}+\cdots+A_{3}(t)z^{3}+A_{2}(t)z^{2}.

A solution is a center at the origin if nearby solutions have the corresponding periodicity property around z=0z=0. Nonexistence conjecture. The solution z=0z=0 is not a center for this differential equation. The conjecture asserts that polynomial differential equations without linear terms do not have centers at the origin when their coefficients are polynomial functions of tt.

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M. A. M. Alwash, “Complex Centers of Polynomial Differential Equations”, arXiv:math/0703280 (2007).

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