Definition 2. The equilibrium O(0, 0) of system (1) is called a focus of order n if vk = 0, k = 1, . . . , n− 1, and vn 6= 0. The existence of cubic systems with foci of orders 6, 7, and 8 was proved in [1], [2], and [3], respectively. It was shown in [4] that there exist cubic systems with 11 small-amplitude limit cycles. Therefore, there exist cubic systems for which O(0, 0) is a focus of order 11. In the present paper, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the point O(0, 0) to be a center of system (1) and prove the existence of a system of the form (1) for which O(0, 0) is a focus of order 12. The software package Mathematica has been used in the computations. For system (1), we have a 1 : −1 resonance [5]. In (1), we set X = x+Cy and Y = y. Then we obtain the system
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