In this paper we study the relative position and number of limit cycles of the quadratic differential system. dx/dt=-y+lx~2+mxy+ny~2,dy/dt=x(1+ax+by)(1)for which O(0,0) is a fine focus. We prove that limit cycles of system (1) Can only be distributed around one of the two focus, provided that system (1) apart from these focus, has a third singuler point.On the other hand system (1) has only two singular points: a fine focus O(0,0) and a rough focus N(0, 1), then (1) may have limit cycles around the two singular points simultaneously. It is important to note that if we choose suitably the Coefficents in system (1), and add a sufficiently small term x to the right hand side of the first equation, there may exist three limit cycles around O(0, 0) and one limit cycle around N(0, 1). Then system (1) has at least four limit cycles.
THE RELATIVE POSITION AND NUMBER OF LIMIT CYCLES OF THE QUADRATIC DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEN. Acta Mathematica Sinica, Chinese Series, 1979, 22(6): 751-758 https://doi.org/10.12386/A1979sxxb0069