<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-id>0034-7426</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<issn>0034-7426</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia y Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-74262015000200003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/recolma.v49n2.60443</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[On the limit cycles of quasihomogeneous polynomial systems]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sobre los ciclos límite de sistemas polinomiales cuasi-homogeneos]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L. Rocío]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Osuna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Osvaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santaella-Forero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rubén]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,osvaldo@ifm.umich.mx  ]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,CONACYT  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<volume>49</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>261</fpage>
<lpage>268</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-74262015000200003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-74262015000200003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-74262015000200003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this work, the nonexistence of limit cycles for classes of p &#8722; q quasi-homogeneous polynomial planar systems of weighted degree l is established. Furthermore, we rule out the existence of limits cycles for certain perturbations of such planar systems. We present applications and examples in order to illustrate our results.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este trabajo, se establece la no existencia de ciclos límite para la clase de sistemas bidimensionales, polinomiales p &#8722; q-cuasi-homogeneos de grado ponderado l. Además, se descarta la existencia de ciclos límite para ciertas perturbaciones de tales sistemas. Finalmente, se presentan aplicaciones y ejemplos para ilustrar los resultados obtenidos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Integrating factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Inverse integrating factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Limit cycles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[p &#8722; q-quasi-homogeneous systems]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Factores Integrantes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Factores integrantes inversos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ciclos límite]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sistemas p &#8722; q-cuasi-homogeneos]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[   <font face="Verdana" size="2">     <p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v49n2.60443" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.15446/recolma.v49n2.60443</a></p>      <p align="center"><font size="4"><b>On the limit cycles of quasihomogeneous polynomial systems</b></font></p>      <p align="center"><font size="3"><b>Sobre los ciclos l&iacute;mite de sistemas polinomiales cuasi-homogeneos</b></font></p>      <P align="center">L. Roc&iacute;o Gonz&aacute;lez-Ram&iacute;rez<Sup>1,2</Sup>, Osvaldo Osuna<Sup>1,*</Sup>, Rub&eacute;n  Santaella-Forero<Sup>1</Sup></p>      <P><Sup>1</Sup> Universidad Michoacana de San Nicol&aacute;s de Hidalgo, Morelia, M&eacute;xico    <br> e-mail: <a href="mailto:rgonzalez@ifm.umich.mx">rgonzalez@ifm.umich.mx</a>    <br> e-mail: <a href="mailto:osvaldo@ifm.umich.mx">osvaldo@ifm.umich.mx</a>    <br>  <Sup>2</Sup> Catedr&aacute;tica CONACYT, D.F., M&eacute;xico    <br> e-mail: <a href="mailto:rusanfo@matmor.unam.mx">rusanfo@matmor.unam.mx</a> </p>  <hr>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="center"><b>Abstract</b></p>      <p>In this work, the nonexistence of limit cycles for classes of <i>p &minus; q</i> quasi-homogeneous polynomial planar systems of weighted degree <i>l</i> is established. Furthermore, we rule out the existence of limits cycles for certain perturbations of such planar systems. We present applications and examples in order to illustrate our results.</p>      <p><b><i>Key words and phrases</i></b>. Integrating factors, Inverse integrating factors, Limit cycles, <i>p &minus; q</i>-quasi-homogeneous systems.</p> <hr>      <p><i>2010 Mathematics Subject Classification</i>. 34C05, 34C07, 34C25.</p> <hr>      <p align="center"><b>Resumen</b></p>      <p>En este trabajo, se establece la no existencia de ciclos l&iacute;mite para la clase de sistemas bidimensionales, polinomiales <i>p &minus; q</i>-cuasi-homogeneos de grado ponderado <i>l</i>. Adem&aacute;s, se descarta la existencia de ciclos l&iacute;mite para ciertas perturbaciones de tales sistemas. Finalmente, se presentan aplicaciones y ejemplos para ilustrar los resultados obtenidos.</p>      <p><b><i>Palabras y frases clave</i></b>. Factores Integrantes, Factores integrantes inversos, ciclos l&iacute;mite, sistemas <i>p &minus; q</i>-cuasi-homogeneos. </p> <hr>      <p>Texto completo disponible en <a href="pdf/rcm/v49n2/v49n2a03.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a></p> <hr>      <P align="center"><b>References</b></p>      <!-- ref --><p>&#91;1&#93; Giacomini H. Berrone L., <i>On the vanishing set of inverse integrating factors</i>, Qual. Theory Dyn. 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