Bifurcation of periodic orbits in a class of planar Filippov systems

In this paper we discuss the perturbations of a general planar Filippov system with exactly one switching line. When the system has it limit cycle, we give a condition for its persistence, when the system has ail annulus of periodic orbits, we give a condition under which limit cycles are bifurcated from the annulus. We also further discuss the stability and bifurcations of a nonhyperbolic limit cycle. When the system has an annulus of periodic orbits, we show via an example how the number of limit cycles bifurcated from the annulus is affected by the switching. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.