On the Limit Cycles for a Class of Perturbed Fifth-Order Autonomous Differential Equations

We study the limit cycles of the fifth-order differential equation x ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ − e x ⃜ − d x ⃛ − c x ¨ − b x ˙ − a x = ε F x , x ˙ , x ¨ , x ⋯ , x ⃜ with a = λ μ δ , b = − λ μ + λ δ + μ δ , c = λ + μ + δ + λ μ δ , d = − 1 + λ μ + λ δ + μ δ , e = λ + μ + δ , where ε is a small enough real parameter, λ , μ , and δ are real parameters, and F ∈ C 2 is a nonlinear function. Using the averaging theory of first order, we provide sufficient conditions for the existence of limit cycles of this equation.