Hopf saddle-node bifurcation for fixed points of 3D-diffeomorphisms: Analysis of a resonance ‘bubble’

The dynamics near a Hopf saddle-node bifurcation of fixed points of diffeomorphisms is analysed by means of a case study: a two-parameter model map G is constructed, such that at the central bifurcation the derivative has two complex conjugate eigenvalues of modulus one and one real eigenvalue equal to 1. To investigate the effect of resonances, the complex eigenvalues are selected to have a 1:5 resonance. It is shown that, near the origin of the parameter space, the family G has two secondary Hopf saddle-node bifurcations of period five points. A cone-like structure exists in the neighbourhood, formed by two surfaces of saddle-node and a surface of Hopf bifurcations. Quasi-periodic bifurcations of an invariant circle, forming a frayed boundary, are numerically shown to occur in model G. Along such Cantor-like boundary, an intricate bifurcation structure is detected near a 1:5 resonance gap. Subordinate quasi-periodic bifurcations are found nearby, suggesting the occurrence of a cascade of quasi-periodic bifurcations.     

Robust dangerous border-collision bifurcations in piecewise smooth systems

Physical and computer experiments involving systems describable by piecewise smooth continuous maps that are nondifferentiable on some surface in phase space exhibit novel types of bifurcations in which an attracting fixed point exists before and after the bifurcation. The striking feature of these bifurcations is that they typically lead to "unbounded behavior" of orbits as a system parameter is slowly varied through its bifurcation value. This new type of border-collision bifurcation is fundamental and robust. A method that prevents such "dangerous border-collision bifurcations" is given. These bifurcations may be found in a variety of experiments including circuits.     

Period-doubling cascades of canards from the extended Bonhoeffer-van der Pol oscillator

This Letter investigates the period-doubling cascades of canards, generated in the extended Bonhoeffer-van der Pol oscillator. Canards appear by Andronov-Hopf bifurcations (AHBs) and it is confirmed that these AHBs are always supercritical in our system. The cascades of period-doubling bifurcation are followed by mixed-mode oscillations. The detailed two-parameter bifurcation diagrams are derived, and it is clarified that the period-doubling bifurcations arise from a narrow parameter value range at which the original canard in the non-extended equation is observed.     

Universal properties of maps on an interval

We consider itcrates of maps of an interval to itself and their stable periodic orbits. When these maps depend on a parameter, one can observe period doubling bifurcations as the parameter is varied. We investigate rigorously those aspects of these bifurcations which are universal, i.e. independent of the choice of a particular one-parameter family. We point out that this universality extends to many other situations such as certain chaotic regimes. We describe the ergodic properties of the maps for which the parameter value equals the limit of the bifurcation points.     

Period-doubling/symmetry-breaking mode interactions in iterated maps

We consider iterated maps with a reflectional symmetry. Possible bifurcations in such systems include period-doubling bifurcations (within the symmetric subspace) and symmetry-breaking bifurcations. By using a second parameter, these bifurcations can be made to coincide at a mode interaction. By reformulating the period-doubling bifurcation as a symmetry-breaking bifurcation, two bifurcation equations with Z₂×Z₂ symmetry are derived. A local analysis of solutions is then considered, including the derivation of conditions for a tertiary Hopf bifurcation. Applications to symmetrically coupled maps and to two coupled, vertically forced pendulums are described.     

Two-parameter sliding bifurcations of periodic solutions in a dry-friction oscillator

This paper is concerned with numerical continuation and analytical investigations of sliding bifurcations in Filippov systems. In particular, a methodology developed for the continuation of grazing bifurcations in impacting systems is used to continue sliding bifurcations in Filippov systems. A dry-friction oscillator is investigated from a sliding bifurcations point of view and a complex two-parameter bifurcation diagram of sliding bifurcations is presented. A number of codimension-two sliding bifurcation points that act as organising centres for codimension-one sliding bifurcations are revealed. Two representative codimension-two points are analysed and unfolded, and the analysis is used to explain the dynamics of the dry-friction oscillator in the neighbourhood of these points.     

Bifurcations from an invariant circle for two-parameter families of maps of the plane: A computer-assisted study

We consider a two-parameter family of maps of the plane to itself. Each map has a fixed point in the first quadrant and is a diffeomorphism in a neighborhood of this point. For certain parameter values there is a Hopf bifurcation to an invariant circle, which is smooth for parameter values in a neighborhood of the bifurcation point. However, computer simulations show that the corresponding invariant set fails to be even topologically a circle for parameter values far from the bifurcation point. This paper is an attempt to elucidate some of the mechanisms involved in this loss of smoothness and alteration of topological type.     

Universal Scalings in Homoclinic Doubling Cascades

Cascades of period doubling bifurcations are found in one parameter families of differential equations in ℝ³. When varying a second parameter, the periodic orbits in the period doubling cascade can disappear in homoclinic bifurcations. In one of the possible scenarios one finds cascades of homoclinic doubling bifurcations. Relevant aspects of this scenario can be understood from a study of interval maps close to x↦p+r(1 −x ^β)², β∈ (?,1). We study a renormalization operator for such maps. For values of β close to ?, we prove the existence of a fixed point of the renormalization operator, whose linearization at the fixed point has two unstable eigenvalues. This is in marked contrast to renormalization theory for period doubling cascades, where one unstable eigenvalue appears. From the renormalization theory we derive consequences for universal scalings in the bifurcation diagrams in the parameter plane. Received: 16 June 1999 / Accepted: 24 April 2001     

Observing a codimension-two heteroclinic bifurcation

This paper reports experimental observations of codimension-two heteroclinic bifurcations in an autonomous third-order electrical circuit. The paper also reports confirmations by computer simulations. In the laboratory experiments, a pair of programmable resistors are used in order to adjust two bifurcation parameters. In the associated two-parameter space, several codimension-one bifurcation sets are experimentally measured to capture codimension-two bifurcation structures. All of these bifurcation sets are numerically confirmed by exact bifurcation equations which are derived from piecewise-linear circuit dynamics.     

一个小波函数指数参数变化的分岔现象

研究一个高斯小波函数产生的混沌分岔现象.随着小波函数中指数参数的增加，它的分岔图出现了倍周期分岔，然后出现混沌，经过一段混沌区域后又出现2的幂周期.在整个过程中，正分岔与逆分岔完整地结合在一起.改变小波函数的系数出现一些明显的奇数周期，如3周期、5周期等.绘制Lyapunov指数曲线及映射折射过程，对混沌现象进行研究.将小波函数展开成近似的多项式函数，对近似多项式函数的分岔图进行了分析. 关键词： 混沌 分岔 小波函数     

电流反馈型Buck变换器二维分段光滑系统边界碰撞和分岔研究

最近几年,边界碰撞分岔已经引起了越来越多的关注.以不连续导通模式下的电流反馈型Buck变换器为例,推导出两个边界三段形式的分段光滑系统的离散映射模型.数值仿真得到以参考电流为分岔参数的分岔图,然后具体分析定点的稳定存在域、分叉图中各段的映射构成和边界碰撞点处工作模式的转换.最后软件仿真和实验验证了二维分段光滑系统边界碰撞和分岔行为的正确性.     

Bifurcation phenomena in two-dimensional piecewise smooth discontinuous maps

In recent years the theory of border collision bifurcations has been developed for piecewise smooth maps that are continuous across the border and has been successfully applied to explain nonsmooth bifurcation phenomena in physical systems. However, there exist a large number of switching dynamical systems that have been found to yield two-dimensional piecewise smooth maps that are discontinuous across the border. In this paper we present a systematic approach to the problem of analyzing the bifurcation phenomena in two-dimensional discontinuous maps, based on a piecewise linear approximation in the neighborhood of the border. We first motivate the analysis by considering the bifurcations occurring in a familiar physical system-the static VAR compensator used in electrical power systems-and then proceed to formulate the theory needed to explain the bifurcation behavior of such systems. We then integrate the observed bifurcation phenomenology of the compensator with the theory developed in this paper. This theory may be applied similarly to other systems that yield two-dimensional discontinuous maps.     

一类具有两个边界的分段光滑系统中边界碰撞分岔现象及混沌

以不连续运行模式下的电流反馈型Buck-Boost变换器为例，导出了一类具有三段形式的分段光滑迭代映射方程，数值仿真得到了输入电压变化时的分岔图.结果表明，发生分岔时映射雅可比矩阵的特征值以不连续的方式跳跃出复平面上的单位圆，而且映射总有某个或某些轨道点位于相平面中不同区域的边界上，即映射随输入电压的变化会发生边界碰撞分岔现象，如由周期态到周期态以及由周期态到混沌态的分岔. 关键词： 分段光滑系统 边界碰撞分岔 混沌     

Double Hopf bifurcation induces coexistence of periodic oscillations in a diffusive Ginzburg–Landau model

We perform bifurcation analysis in a complex Ginzburg–Landau system with delayed feedback under the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition. We calculate the amplitude death region, and it turns out that the boundary of the amplitude death region consists of two Hopf bifurcation curves with wave number zero. The existence conditions for double Hopf bifurcations are established. Taking the feedback strength and time delay as bifurcation parameters, normal forms truncated to the third order at double Hopf singularity are derived, and the unfolding near the critical points is given. The bifurcation diagram near the double Hopf bifurcation is drawn in the two-parameter plane. The phenomena of amplitude death, the existence of stable bifurcating periodic solutions, and the coexistence of two stable periodic solutions with fast oscillation and slow oscillation respectively are simulated.     

Nonlinear dynamos: A complex generalization of the Lorenz equations

Plane nonlinear dynamo waves can be described by a sixth order system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which is a complex generalization of the Lorenz system. In the regime of interest for modelling magnetic activity in stars there is a sequence of bifurcations, ending in chaos, as a stability parameter D (the dynamo number) is increased. We show that solutions undergo three successive Hopf bifurcations, followed by a transition to chaos. The system possesses a symmetry and can therefore be reduced to a fifth order system, with trajectories that lie on a 2-torus after the third bifurcation. As D is then increased, frequency locking occurs, followed by a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations that leads to chaos. This behaviour is probably caused by the Shil'nikov mechanism, with a (conjectured) homoclinic orbit when D is infinite.     

Extremely hidden multi-stability in a class of two-dimensional maps with a cosine memristor

We present a class of two-dimensional memristive maps with a cosine memristor. The memristive maps do not have any fixed points, so they belong to the category of nonlinear maps with hidden attractors. The rich dynamical behaviors of these maps are studied and investigated using different numerical tools, including phase portrait, basins of attraction, bifurcation diagram, and Lyapunov exponents. The two-parameter bifurcation analysis of the memristive map is carried out to reveal the bifurcation mechanism of its dynamical behaviors. Based on our extensive simulation studies, the proposed memristive maps can produce hidden periodic, chaotic, and hyper-chaotic attractors, exhibiting extremely hidden multi-stability, namely the coexistence of infinite hidden attractors, which was rarely observed in memristive maps. Potentially, this work can be used for some real applications in secure communication, such as data and image encryptions.     

Grazing bifurcations in an elastic structure excited by harmonic impactor motions

In this article, non-smooth dynamics of an elastic structure excited by a harmonic impactor motion is studied through a combination of experimental, numerical, and analytical efforts. The test apparatus consists of a stainless steel cantilever structure with a tip mass that is impacted by a shaker. Soft impact between the impactor and the structure is considered, and bifurcations with respect to quasi-static variation of the shaker excitation frequency are examined. In the experiments, qualitative changes that can be associated with grazing and corner-collision bifurcations are observed. Aperiodic motions are also observed in the vicinity of the non-smooth bifurcation points. Assuming the system response to be dominated by the structure’s fundamental mode, a non-autonomous, single degree-of-freedom model is developed and used for local analysis and numerical simulations. The predicted grazing and corner-collision bifurcations are in agreement with the experimental results. To study the local bifurcation behavior at the corner-collision point and explore the mechanism responsible for the aperiodic motions, a derivation is carried out to construct local Poincaré maps of periodic orbits at a corner-collision point such as the one observed in the soft-impact oscillator.     

Bifurcation and Stability Analysis of the Equilibrium States in Thermodynamic Systems in a Small Vicinity of the Equilibrium Values of Parameters

The dynamic behavior of thermodynamic system, described by one order parameter and one control parameter, in a small neighborhood of ordinary and bifurcation equilibrium values of the system parameters is studied. Using the general methods of investigating the branching (bifurcations) of solutions for nonlinear equations, we performed an exhaustive analysis of the order parameter dependences on the control parameter in a small vicinity of the equilibrium values of parameters, including the stability analysis of the equilibrium states, and the asymptotic behavior of the order parameter dependences on the control parameter (bifurcation diagrams). The peculiarities of the transition to an unstable state of the system are discussed, and the estimates of the transition time to the unstable state in the neighborhood of ordinary and bifurcation equilibrium values of parameters are given. The influence of an external field on the dynamic behavior of thermodynamic system is analyzed, and the peculiarities of the system dynamic behavior are discussed near the ordinary and bifurcation equilibrium values of parameters in the presence of external field. The dynamic process of magnetization of a ferromagnet is discussed by using the general methods of bifurcation and stability analysis presented in the paper.     

Routes to bursting in a periodically driven oscillator

The dynamical behaviors of a periodic excited oscillator with multiple time scales in the form that order gap exists between the frequency of the excitation and the natural frequency, are investigated in this Letter. By regarding the whole excitation term as a parameter, bifurcation sets are derived, which divide the generalized parameter space into several regions corresponding to different kinds of dynamics. Different types of bursting phenomena, such as fold/Hopf bursting, fold/Hopf/homoclinic bursting and Hopf/homoclinic bursting, are presented, the mechanism of which is obtained based on the bifurcations of the generalized autonomous system as well as the introduction of the so-called transformed phase portraits. Furthermore, the evolution of the bursting is discussed in details, in which one may find that when the two limit cycles caused by the Hopf bifurcations of the two related equilibrium points interact with each other, homoclinic bifurcation may occur, leading to the merge of the two cycles to form a large amplitude cycle. The homoclinic bifurcation may cause the two asymmetric bursters to merge into a symmetric enlarged burster, in which the large amplitude of the spiking state agrees well with the amplitude of the cycle caused by the homoclinic bifurcation.     

Stochastic period-doubling bifurcation in biharmonic driven Dulling system with random parameter

Stochastic period-doubling bifurcation is explored in a forced Duffing system with a bounded random parameter as an additional weak harmonic perturbation added to the system. Firstly, the biharmonic driven Duffing system with a random parameter is reduced to its equivalent deterministic one, and then the responses of the stochastic system can be obtained by available effective numerical methods. Finally, numerical simulations show that the phase of the additional weak harmonic perturbation has great influence on the stochastic period-doubling bifurcation in the biharmonic driven Duffing system. It is emphasized that, different from the deterministic biharmonic driven Duffing system, the intensity of random parameter in the Duffing system can also be taken as a bifurcation parameter, which can lead to the stochastic period-doubling bifurcations.