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The Maximum Number of Zeros of Functions withParameters and Application to DifferentialEquations
  
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KeyWord:Maximum number  Multiplicity  Limit cycle  Piecewise smooth equation
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Maoan Han Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China 
Junmin Yang School of Mathematical Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, China 
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Abstract:
      In this paper, we first study the problem of finding the maximum number of zeros of functions with parameters and then apply the results obtained to smooth or piecewise smooth planar autonomous systems and scalar periodic equations to study the number of limit cycles or periodic solutions, improving some fundamental results both on the maximum number of limit cycles bifurcating from an elementary focus of order $k$ or a limit cycle of multiplicity $k$, or from a period annulus, and on the maximum number of periodic solutions for scalar periodic smooth or piecewise smooth equations as well.