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By means of a linear scaling of the variables we convert a singular bifurcation equation in $\R^n$ into an equivalent equation to which the classical implicit function theorem can be directly applied. This allows to deduce the existence of a unique branch of solutions as well as a relevant property of the spectrum of the derivative of the singular bifurcation equation along the branch. We use these results to show the existence, uniqueness and the asymptotic stability of periodic solutions of a $T$-periodically perturbed autonomous system bifurcating from a $T$-periodic limit cycle of the autonomous unperturbed system. This problem is classical, but the novelty of the method proposed is that it allows us to solve the problem without any reduction of the dimension of the state space as it is usually done in the literature by means of the Lyapunov-Schmidt method.

In this paper we consider a class of nonlinear periodic differential systems perturbed by two nonlinear periodic terms with multiplicative different powers of a small parameter $e>0$. For such a class of systems we provide conditions which guarantee the existence of periodic solutions of given period $T>0$. These conditions are expressed in terms of the behaviour on the boundary of an open bounded set $U$ of $R^n$ of the solutions of suitably defined linearized systems. The approach is based on the classical theory of the topological degree for compact vector fields. An application to the existence of periodic solutions to the van der Pol equation is also presented.

In this paper we provide conditions to ensure the existence, for $e>0$ sufficiently small, of periodic solutions of given period $T>0$ in a prescribed domain $U$ for a class of singularly perturbed first order differential systems. Here $e>0$ is the perturbation parameter. Our approach, based on the topological degree theory and the averaging theory, permits to weaken the conditions in [K.R. Schneider, Vibrational control of singularly perturbed systems, in "Lectures Notes in Control and Information Science", 259, 397-408, Springer, London, 2001, Theorem 2] under which the existence of periodic solutions is proved.

In this paper we evaluate the topological index of periodic solutions otained via the Malkin-Loud bifurcation result. Incidentally, we do not assume that the perturbation is differentiale., Comment: Accepted to Math. Nachr., Vol. 281, (2008), No. 1

Aim of this paper is to investigate the existence of periodic solutions of a nonlinear planar autonomous system having a limit cycle x_0 of least period T_0>0 when it is perturbed by a small parameter, T_1-periodic, perturbation. In the case when T_0/T_1 is a rational number l/k, with l, k prime numbers, we provide conditions to guarantee, for the parameter perturbation e>0 sufficiently small, the existence of klT_0-periodic solutions x_e of the perturbed system which converge to the trajectory x_1 of the limit cycle as e->0. Moreover, we state conditions under which T=klT_0 is the least period of the periodic solutions x_e. We also suggest a simple criterion which ensures that these conditions are verified. Finally, in the case when T_0/T_1 is an irrational number we show the nonexistence, whenever T>0 and e>0, of T-periodic solutions x_e of the perturbed system converging to x_1. The employed methods are based on the topological degree theory.