Super Riemann theta function periodic wave solutions and rational characteristics for a supersymmetric KdV-Burgers equation

Using a multidimensional super Riemann theta function, we propose two key theorems for explicitly constructing multiperiodic super Riemann theta function periodic wave solutions of supersymmetric equations in the superspace ℝ _Λ^N+1,M, which is a lucid and direct generalization of the super-Hirota-Riemann method. Once a supersymmetric equation is written in a bilinear form, its super Riemann theta function periodic wave solutions can be directly obtained by using our two theorems. As an application, we present a supersymmetric Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation. We study the limit procedure in detail and rigorously establish the asymptotic behavior of the multiperiodic waves and the relations between periodic wave solutions and soliton solutions. Moreover, we find that in contrast to the purely bosonic case, an interesting phenomenon occurs among the super Riemann theta function periodic waves in the presence of the Grassmann variable. The super Riemann theta function periodic waves are symmetric about the band but collapse along with the band. Furthermore, the results can be extended to the case N > 2; here, we only consider an existence condition for an N-periodic wave solution of a general supersymmetric equation.     

Super quasiperiodic wave solutions and asymptotic analysis for $$ \mathcal{N} = 1 $$ supersymmetric KdV-type equations

Based on a general multidimensional Riemann theta function and the super Hirota bilinear form, we extend the Hirota method to construct explicit super quasiperiodic (multiperiodic) wave solutions of $ \mathcal{N} = 1 $ \mathcal{N} = 1 supersymmetric KdV-type equations in superspace. We show that the supersymmetric KdV equation does not have an N-periodic wave solution with arbitrary parameters for N ≥ 2. In addition, an interesting influencing band occurs among the super quasiperiodic waves under the presence of a Grassmann variable. We also observe that the super quasiperiodic waves are symmetric about this band but collapse along with it. We present a limit procedure for analyzing the asymptotic properties of the super quasiperiodic waves and rigorously show that the super periodic wave solutions tend to super soliton solutions under some “small amplitude” limits.     

Bifurcation of periodic orbits emanated from a vertex in discontinuous planar systems

We discuss bifurcation of periodic orbits in discontinuous planar systems with discontinuities on finitely many straight lines intersecting at the origin and the unperturbed system has either a limit cycle or an annulus of periodic orbits. Assume that the unperturbed periodic orbits cross every switching line transversally exactly once. For the first case we give a condition for the persistence of the limit cycle. For the second case, we obtain the expression of the first order Melnikov function and establish sufficient conditions on the number of limit cycles bifurcate from the periodic annulus. Then we generalize our results to systems with discontinuities on finitely many smooth curves. As an application, we present a piecewise cubic system with 4 switching lines and show that the maximum number of limit cycles bifurcate from the periodic annulus can be affected by the position of the switching lines.     

Oscillations in three-reaction quadratic mass-action systems

It is known that rank-two bimolecular mass-action systems do not admit limit cycles. With a view to understanding which small mass-action systems admit oscillation, in this paper we study rank-two networks with bimolecular source complexes but allow target complexes with higher molecularities. As our goal is to find oscillatory networks of minimal size, we focus on networks with three reactions, the minimum number that is required for oscillation. However, some of our intermediate results are valid in greater generality. One key finding is that an isolated periodic orbit cannot occur in a three-reaction, trimolecular, mass-action system with bimolecular sources. In fact, we characterize all networks in this class that admit a periodic orbit; in every case, all nearby orbits are periodic too. Apart from the well-known Lotka and Ivanova reactions, we identify another network in this class that admits a center. This new network exhibits a vertical Andronov–Hopf bifurcation. Furthermore, we characterize all two-species, three-reaction, bimolecular-sourced networks that admit an Andronov–Hopf bifurcation with mass-action kinetics. These include two families of networks that admit a supercritical Andronov–Hopf bifurcation and hence a stable limit cycle. These networks necessarily have a target complex with a molecularity of at least four, and it turns out that there are exactly four such networks that are tetramolecular.     

The Maximum Number of Zeros of Functions with Parameters and Application to Differential Equations

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.     

Reduction of hugoniot-maslov chains for trajectories of solitary vortices of the “shallow water” equations to the hill equation

According to Maslov’s idea, many two-dimensional, quasilinear hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations admit only three types of singularities that are in general position and have the property of “structure self-similarity and stability.” Those are: shock waves, “narrow” solitons, and “square-root” point singularities (solitary vortices). Their propagation is described by an infinite chain of ordinary differential equations (ODE) that generalize the well-known Hugoniot conditions for shock waves. After some reasonable closure of the chain for the case of solitary vortices in the “shallow water” equations, we obtain a nonlinear system of sixteen ODE, which is exactly equivalent to the (linear) Hill equation with a periodic potential. This means that, in some approximations, the trajectory of a solitary vortex can be described by the Hill equation. This result can be used to predict the trajectory of the vortex center if we know its observable part. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 112, No. 1, pp. 47–66.     

Oscillatory reaction-diffusion equations with temporally varying parameters

Periodic wave trains are the generic one-dimensional solution form for reaction-diffusion equations with a limit cycle in the kinetics. Such systems are widely used as models for oscillatory phenomena in chemistry, ecology, and cell biology. In this paper, we study the way in which periodic wave solutions of such systems are modified by periodic forcing of kinetic parameters. Such forcing will occur in many ecological applications due to seasonal variations. We study temporal forcing in detail for systems of two reaction diffusion equations close to a supercritical Hopf bifurcation in the kinetics, with equal diffusion coefficients. In this case, the kinetics can be approximated by the Hopf normal form, giving reaction-diffusion equations of λ-ω type. Numerical simulations show that a temporal variation in the kinetic parameters causes the wave train amplitude to oscillate in time, whereas in the absence of any temporal forcing, this wave train amplitude is constant. Exploiting the mathematical simplicity of the λ-ω form, we derive analytically an approximation to the amplitude of the wave train oscillations with small forcing. We show that the amplitude of these oscillations depends crucially on the period of forcing.     

Periodic moving waves on 2D lattices with nearest-neighbor interactions

We study the existence of periodic moving waves on two-dimensional periodically forced lattices with linear coupling between nearest particles and with periodic nonlinear substrate potentials. Such discrete systems can model molecules adsorbed on a substrate crystal surface. Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 127–139, January, 2008.     

On the polynomial limit cycles of polynomial differential equations

In this paper we deal with ordinary differential equations of the form dy/dx = P(x, y) where P(x, y) is a real polynomial in the variables x and y, of degree n in the variable y. If y = φ(x) is a solution of this equation defined for x ∈ [0, 1] and which satisfies φ(0) = φ(1), we say that it is a periodic orbit. A limit cycle is an isolated periodic orbit in the set of all periodic orbits. If φ(x) is a polynomial, then φ(x) is called a polynomial solution.     

On the new solutions of the generalized Burgers–Huxley equation

In this paper, we investigate a class of generalized Burgers–Huxley equation by employing the bifurcation method of planar dynamical systems. Firstly, we reduce the equation to a planar system via the traveling wave solution ansatz; then by computing the singular point quantities, we obtain the conditions of integrability and determine the existence of one stable limit cycle from Hopf bifurcation in the corresponding planar system. From this, some new exact solutions and a special periodic traveling wave solution, which is isolated as a limit, are obtained. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Homoclinic,heteroclinic and periodic orbits of singularly perturbed systems

The main aims of this paper are to study the persistence of homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits of the reduced systems on normally hyperbolic critical manifolds, and also the limit cycle bifurcations either from the homoclinic loop of the reduced systems or from a family of periodic orbits of the layer systems. For the persistence of homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits, and the limit cycles bifurcating from a homolinic loop of the reduced systems, we provide a new and readily detectable method to characterize them compared with the usual Melnikov method when the reduced system forms a generalized rotated vector field. To determine the limit cycles bifurcating from the families of periodic orbits of the layer systems, we apply the averaging methods.We also provide two four-dimensional singularly perturbed differential systems, which have either heteroclinic or homoclinic orbits located on the slow manifolds and also three limit cycles bifurcating from the periodic orbits of the layer system.     

Singularly perturbed and nonlocal modulation equations for systems with interacting instability mechanisms

Summary Two related systems of coupled modulation equations are studied and compared in this paper. The modulation equations are derived for a certain class of basic systems which are subject to two distinct, interacting, destabilising mechanisms. We assume that, near criticality, the ratio of the widths of the unstable wavenumber-intervals of the two (weakly) unstable modes is small—as, for instance, can be the case in double-layer convection. Based on these assumptions we first derive a singularly perturbed modulation equation and then a modulation equation with a nonlocal term. The reduction of the singularly perturbed system to the nonlocal system can be interpreted as a limit in which the width of the smallest unstable interval vanishes. We study and compare the behaviour of the stationary solutions of both systems. It is found that spatially periodic stationary solutions of the nonlocal system exist under the same conditions as spatially periodic stationary solutions of the singularly perturbed system. Moreover, these solutions can be interpreted as representing the same quasi-periodic patterns in the underlying basic system. Thus, the ‘Landau reduction’ to the nonlocal system has no significant influence on the stationary quasi-periodic patterns. However, a large variety of intricate heteroclinic and homoclinic connections is found for the singularly perturbed system. These orbits all correspond to so-called ‘localised structures’ in the underlying system: They connect simple periodic patterns atx → ± ∞. None of these patterns can be described by the nonlocal system. So, one may conclude that the reduction to the nonlocal system destroys a rich and important set of patterns.     

Traveling waves in the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation

Summary In this paper we consider a modulation (or amplitude) equation that appears in the nonlinear stability analysis of reversible or nearly reversible systems. This equation is the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with coefficients with small imaginary parts. We regard this equation as a perturbation of the real Ginzburg-Landau equation and study the persistence of the properties of the stationary solutions of the real equation under this perturbation. First we show that it is necessary to consider a two-parameter family of traveling solutions with wave speedυ and (temporal) frequencyθ; these solutions are the natural continuations of the stationary solutions of the real equation. We show that there exists a two-parameter family of traveling quasiperiodic solutions that can be regarded as a direct continuation of the two-parameter family of spatially quasi-periodic solutions of the integrable stationary real Ginzburg-Landau equation. We explicitly determine a region in the (wave speedυ, frequencyθ)-parameter space in which the weakly complex Ginzburg-Landau equation has traveling quasi-periodic solutions. There are two different one-parameter families of heteroclinic solutions in the weakly complex case. One of them consists of slowly varying plane waves; the other is directly related to the analytical solutions due to Bekki & Nozaki [3]. These solutions correspond to traveling localized structures that connect two different periodic patterns. The connections correspond to a one-parameter family of heteroclinic cycles in an o.d.e. reduction. This family of cycles is obtained by determining the limit behaviour of the traveling quasi-periodic solutions as the period of the amplitude goes to ∞. Therefore, the heteroclinic cycles merge into the stationary homoclinic solution of the real Ginzburg-Landau equation in the limit in which the imaginary terms disappear.     

Solitary-wave families of the Ostrovsky equation: An approach via reversible systems theory and normal forms

The Ostrovsky equation is an important canonical model for the unidirectional propagation of weakly nonlinear long surface and internal waves in a rotating, inviscid and incompressible fluid. Limited functional analytic results exist for the occurrence of one family of solitary-wave solutions of this equation, as well as their approach to the well-known solitons of the famous Korteweg–de Vries equation in the limit as the rotation becomes vanishingly small. Since solitary-wave solutions often play a central role in the long-time evolution of an initial disturbance, we consider such solutions here (via the normal form approach) within the framework of reversible systems theory. Besides confirming the existence of the known family of solitary waves and its reduction to the KdV limit, we find a second family of multihumped (or N-pulse) solutions, as well as a continuum of delocalized solitary waves (or homoclinics to small-amplitude periodic orbits). On isolated curves in the relevant parameter region, the delocalized waves reduce to genuine embedded solitons. The second and third families of solutions occur in regions of parameter space distinct from the known solitary-wave solutions and are thus entirely new. Directions for future work are also mentioned.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles by perturbing a class of hyper-elliptic Hamiltonian systems of degree five

In this paper, we investigate a class of hyper-elliptic Hamiltonian systems of degree five under the polynomial perturbation of degree m+1$m+1$. First, we study the number of different phase portraits of the unperturbed system when it has a class of family of periodic orbits and prove that the number is 40. Then, we consider the limit cycle bifurcations and obtain some new results on the lower bound of the maximal number of limit cycles for these systems.     

Stability and Hopf bifurcation in a delayed competition system

In this paper, Hopf bifurcation for two-species Lotka–Volterra competition systems with delay dependence is investigated. By choosing the delay as a bifurcation parameter, we prove that the system is stable over a range of the delay and beyond that it is unstable in the limit cycle form, i.e., there are periodic solutions bifurcating out from the positive equilibrium. Our results show that a stable competition system can be destabilized by the introduction of a maturation delay parameter. Further, an explicit algorithm for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions is derived by using the theory of normal forms and center manifolds, and numerical simulations supporting the theoretical analysis are also given.     

Subsonic and supersonic disturbances in the generation of surface waves in a liquid layer adjacent to a high-speed gas-stream

In an effort to shed further light upon the nature of “supersonic” disturbances as distinct from that of ‘subsonic’ disturbances in parallel compressible flows, this paper makes an investigation of the stability characteristics of the surface waves generated in a liquid layer adjacent to a high-speed gas-stream. It turns out that the nature of the surface waves generated in the liquid layer depends markedly upon the type of disturbances present in the high-speed gas-stream. For the case of ‘subsonic’ disturbances it is shown that the energy transfer from the gas stream to the surface waves is contributed predominantly by the Fourier component of the normal gas-pressure force-field in phase with the slope of the wavy surface. For the case of ‘supersonic’ disturbances, this energy transfer is shown to be predominantly due to the component of the pressure-field in phase with the surface-wave displacement and is related to the presence of travelling periodic waves in the gas-stream—this energy transfer is shown to promote always the growth of the surface waves.     

The effects of generalized dispersion on dissipative dynamical systems

We study the effects of dispersion on the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation. In the physical problem considered, there is a full dispersion relation corresponding to a pseudo-differential linear operator added to the KS equation. The long wave limit of this term localizes to a KortwegdeVries dispersion and we present results from extensive numerical experiments that compare the long time evolution of the global and local systems. It is found that solutions are almost identical in both fixed point (steady traveling waves) and time periodic attractors.     

Traveling Wave Solutions In Coupled Chua'S Circuits,Part I: Periodic Solutions

We study a singularly perturbed system of partial di erential equations that models a one-dimensional array of coupled Chua's circuits. The PDE system is a natural generalization to the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation. In part I of the paper, we show that similar to the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation, the system has periodic traveling wave solutions formed alternatively by fast and slow flows. First, asymptotic method is used on the singular limit of the fast/slow systems to construct a formal periodic solution. Then, dynamical systems method is used to obtain an exact solution near the formal periodic soluion. In part II, we show that the system can have more complicated periodic and chaotic traveling wave solutions that do not exist in the FitzHugh-Nagumos equation.     

Turing Instabilities at Hopf Bifurcation

Turing–Hopf instabilities for reaction-diffusion systems provide spatially inhomogeneous time-periodic patterns of chemical concentrations. In this paper we suggest a way for deriving asymptotic expansions to the limit cycle solutions due to a Hopf bifurcation in two-dimensional reaction systems and we use them to build convenient normal modes for the analysis of Turing instabilities of the limit cycle. They extend the Fourier modes for the steady state in the classical Turing approach, as they include time-periodic fluctuations induced by the limit cycle. Diffusive instabilities can be properly considered because of the non-catastrophic loss of stability that the steady state shows while the limit cycle appears. Moreover, we shall see that instabilities may appear even though the diffusion coefficients are equal. The obtained normal modes suggest that there are two possible ways, one weak and the other strong, in which the limit cycle generates oscillatory Turing instabilities near a Turing–Hopf bifurcation point. In the first case slight oscillations superpose over a dominant steady inhomogeneous pattern. In the second, the unstable modes show an intermittent switching between complementary spatial patterns, producing the effect known as twinkling patterns.