Linearization of smooth planar vector fields around singular points via commuting flows

Abstract

In this paper we propose a constructive procedure to get the change of variables that linearizes a smooth planar vector field on $\mathbb C^2$ around an elementary singular point (i.e., a singular point with associated eigenvalues $\lambda, \mu \in \mathbb C$ satisfying $\mu$≠$0$) or a nilpotent singular point from a given commutator. Moreover, it is proved that the near--identity change of variables that linearizes the vector field $\mathcal X = (x+\cdots) \partial_x + (y+\cdots) \partial_y$ is unique and linearizes simultaneously all the centralizers of $\mathcal X$. The method is used in order to obtain the linearization of some extracted examples of the existent literature.