Quantities at infinity in translational polynomial vector fields

In this paper, we study quantities at infinity and the appearance of limit cycles from the equator in polynomial vector fields with no singular points at infinity. We start by proving the algebraic equivalence of the corresponding quantities at infinity (also focal values at infinity) for the system and its translational system, then we obtain that the maximum number of limit cycles that can appear at infinity is invariant for the systems by translational transformation. Finally, we compute the singular point quantities of a class of cubic polynomial system and its translational system, reach with relative ease expressions of the first five quantities at infinity of the two systems, then we prove that the two cubic vector fields perturbed identically can have five limit cycles simultaneously in the neighborhood of infinity and construct two systems that allow the appearance of five limit cycles respectively. The positions of these limit cycles can be pointed out exactly without constructing Poincaré cycle fields. The technique employed in this work is essentially different from more usual ones, The calculation can be readily done with using computer symbol operation system such as Mathematics.