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In the study of near-Hamiltonian systems, the first order Melnikov function plays an important role. It can be used to study Hopf, homoclinic and heteroclinic bifurcations, and the so-called weak Hilbert’s 16th problem as well. The form of expansion of the first order Melnikov function at the Hamiltonian value h 0 such that the curve defined by the equation H(x, y) = h 0 contains a homoclinic loop has been known together with the first three coefficients of the expansion. In this paper, our main purpose is to give an explicit formula to compute the first four coefficients appeared in the expansion of the first order Melnikov function at the Hamiltonian value h 0 such that the curve defined by the equation H(x, y) = h 0 contains a homoclinic or heteroclinic loop, where the formula for the fourth coefficient is new, and to give a way to find limit cycles near the loops by using these coefficients. As an application, we consider polynomial perturbations of degree 4 of quadratic Hamiltonian systems with a heteroclinic loop, and find 3 limit cycles near the loop.
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Dedicated to Professor Zhifen Zhang on the occasion of her 80th birthday
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Han, M., Yang, J., Tarţa, A. et al. Limit Cycles Near Homoclinic and Heteroclinic Loops. J Dyn Diff Equat 20, 923–944 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10884-008-9108-3
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