Bifurcation of Limit Cycles by Perturbing Piecewise Linear Hamiltonian Systems with Piecewise Polynomials

Abstract

In this paper, we study a class of piecewise smooth near-Hamiltonian systems with piecewise polynomial perturbations. We first give the expression of the first order Melnikov function, and then estimate the number of limit cycles bifurcated from periodic annuluses by Melnikov function method. In addition, we discuss the number of limit cycles that can appear simultaneously near both sides of a generalized homoclinic or generalized double homoclinic loop.