Koditschek, Daniel ENarendra, K. S.2023-05-222023-05-221984-03-012008-10-21https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/33654Since Hilbert posed the problem of systematically counting and locating lhe limit cycle of polynomial systems on the plane in 1900, much efTort has been expended in its investigation. A large body of literature - chiefly by Chinese and Soviet authors - has addressed this question in the context of differential equations whose field is specified by quadratic polynomials, In this paper we consider the class of quadratic differential equations which admit a unique equilibrium state, and establish sufficient conditions, algebraic in system coefficients, for the existence and uniqueness of a limit cycles. The work is based upon insights and techniques developed in an earlier analysis of such systems [1] motivated by questions from mathematical control theory.GRASPKodlabArticle