TY - JOUR T1 - A Note on the Bendixson-Dulac Theorem for Refracted Systems with Multiple Zones AU - Li , Shimin AU - Chen , Hebai AU - Chen , Ting AU - Wu , Kuilin JO - Journal of Nonlinear Modeling and Analysis VL - 2 SP - 275 EP - 281 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04 SN - 3 DO - http://doi.org/10.12150/jnma.2021.275 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jnma/18790.html KW - Bendixson-Dulac theorem, Refracted system, Limit cycle. AB -
This note extends the Bendixson-Dulac theorem to refracted systems with multiple zones. As an application, we prove that piecewise linear Duffing-type system has neither crossing limit cycles nor sliding limit cycles Therefore, it gives a positive answer to the Conjecture of [16].