Inhomogeneous Picard-Fuchs equations of Abelian integrals in piecewise smooth near-Hamiltonian systems

Abstract

In this paper, we explicitly obtain inhomogeneous Picard-Fuchs equations for Abelian integrals $I_{i,j}^{+}(h)$, where $I_{i,j}^{+}(h)$ is an integral along orbital arcs defined by polynomials $\frac{1}{2}{y}^2+F(x)=h$. Moreover, we discuss the method of using Picard-Fuchs equations to recursively compute the asymptotic expansions of genearating functions of Abelian integrals near a homoclinic loop. As an application, we derive the maximum number of isolated zeros of Melnikov functions near a nilpotent saddle homoclinic loop for piecewise polynomials perturbations with the inclination $\theta$ of the separation line as a free parameter.