A GENERAL TIME-DEPENDENT INVARIANT FOR AND INTEGRABILITY OF THE QUADRATIC SYSTEM

We derive a general time-dependent invariant (first integral) for the quadratic system (QS) that requires only one condition on the coefficients of the QS. The general invariant could yield asymptotic behaviour of phase-space trajectories. With more conditions imposed on the coefficients, the general invariant reduces to polynomial form and is equivalent to polynomial invariants found using a direct method. For the special case of a linear polynomial invariant where one of the variables is analytically invertible, the solution of the QS is reduced to a quadrature.