Multiple bifurcation analysis in a ring of delay coupled oscillators with neutral feedback

Spatiotemporal periodic patterns, including phase-locked oscillations, mirror-reflecting waves, standing waves, in-phase or anti-phase oscillations are investigated in a ring of bidirectionally coupled oscillators with neutral delay feedback. It is confirmed that neutral feedback makes Hopf bifurcation occur in a larger domain of parameters. We calculate the normal forms near Hopf bifurcation, D _N equivariant Hopf bifurcation and double-Hopf bifurcation in this neutral equation by using the method of multiple scales. Theoretically, the appearance of the in-phase, anti-phase and phase-locked oscillations that we observed in the simulation about a ring of delay coupled Hindmarsh–Rose neurons with neutral feedback is explained.     

Time-delayed feedback control of dynamical small-world networks at Hopf bifurcation

We show that time-delayed feedback methods, which have successfully been used to control unstable steady states or periodic orbits, provide a tool to control Hopf bifurcation for a small-world network model with nonlinear interactions and time delays. We choose the interaction strength parameter as a bifurcation parameter. Without control, bifurcation will occur early; meanwhile, the model can maintain a stationary total influenced volume only in a certain domain of the interaction strength parameter. However, outside of this domain the model still possesses a stable total influenced volume that can be guaranteed by delayed feedback perturbation, and the onset of the Hopf bifurcation is postponed. The feedback perturbation vanishes if the stabilization is successful and thus the domain of stability can be extended under only small control force. We present an analytical investigation of the feedback scheme using characteristic equation and discuss effects of both a low-pass filter included in the control loop and nonzero latency times associated with generation and injection of the feedback signal.

     

Periodic solution of a turbidostat model with impulsive state feedback control

In this paper, a turbidostat model with impulsive state feedback control is considered. We obtain sufficient conditions of the global asymptotical stability of the system without impulsive state feedback control. We also obtain that the system with impulsive state feedback control may have order one periodic solution, and the sufficient condition for existence and stability of order one periodic solution is gotten as well. For some special cases, it is shown that in the system an order two periodic solution may exist. Our results show that the control measure is effective and reliable.     

Delay Equations with Rapidly Oscillating Stable Periodic Solutions

We prove analytically that there exist delay equations admitting rapidly oscillating stable periodic solutions. Previous results were obtained with the aid of computers, only for particular feedback functions. Our proofs work for stiff equations with several classes of feedback functions. Moreover, we prove that for negative feedback there exists a class of feedback functions such that the larger the stiffness parameter is, the more stable rapidly oscillating periodic solutions there are. There are stable periodic solutions with arbitrarily many zeros per unit time interval if the stiffness parameter is chosen sufficiently large.     

Existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions for fourth-order nonlinear periodic systems

In this paper, we study the existence, uniqueness and stability of the periodic solutions for fourth-order nonlinear nonhomogeneous periodic systems with slowly changing coefficients by using the method of Liapunor Function. We obtain some sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence, uniqueness and asymptotic stability of the periodic solutions of these systems and estimate the extent to which the coefficients are allowed to change.     

On the Two-Dimensional Euler Equations with Spatially Almost Periodic Initial Data

We consider the nonstationary Euler equations in \mathbbR²{\mathbb{R}}^2 with almost periodic unbounded vorticity. We show that a unique solution is always spatially almost periodic at any time when the almost periodic initial data belongs to some function space. In order to prove this, we demonstrate the continuity with respect to initial data which do not decay at spatial infinity. The proof of the continuity with respect to initial data is based on that of Vishik’s uniqueness theorem.     

Periodic Solutions of Second Order Differential Equations with Discontinuous Nonlinearities

We consider the periodic solutions of

Linear Stability of Steady States for Thin Film and Cahn-Hilliard Type Equations

We study the linear stability of smooth steady states of the evolution equation

时变切换时滞反馈镇定混沌系统不稳定周期轨线

为提高经典时滞反馈控制镇定不稳定周期轨线的效果, 扩大受控周期轨线的稳定区域, 本文基于时变切换策略对经典时滞反馈控制进行改进, 提出了时变切换时滞反馈控制. 时变切换时滞反馈控制的控制信号仅在特定的时段中存在, 而在其他时段上不存在控制信号, 这与经典时滞反馈控制中具有固定的控制信号是不同的. 通过实例分析, 研究了时变切换时滞反馈控制在镇定不稳定周期轨线中的具体性能. 以反馈增益系数为变量, 计算受控周期轨线的最大条件Lyapunov指数, 得到了受控周期轨线的稳定区域随切换频率变化的关系曲线. 结果表明, 随着切换频率增大, 受控周期轨线的稳定区域呈现非平滑地变化. 当选取恰当的切换频率时, 时变切换时滞反馈控制的稳定区域显著大于经典时滞反馈控制的稳定区域. 在混沌控制的工程实践中, 控制信号常常受到一定的限制. 要实现对目标周期轨线的稳定控制, 就需要受控周期轨线具有足够大的稳定区域. 因此, 与经典时滞反馈控制相比, 本文提出的时变切换时滞反馈控制具有更广泛的应用前景.      

Sobolev Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations in Higher Spatial Dimensions

We prove the existence of Cantor families of periodic solutions for nonlinear wave equations in higher spatial dimensions with periodic boundary conditions. We study both forced and autonomous PDEs. In the latter case our theorems generalize previous results of Bourgain to more general nonlinearities of class C ^k and assuming weaker non-resonance conditions. Our solutions have Sobolev regularity both in time and space. The proofs are based on a differentiable Nash–Moser iteration scheme, where it is sufficient to get estimates of interpolation-type for the inverse linearized operators. Our approach works also in presence of very large “clusters of small divisors”.     

Linear Stability Analysis of Resonant Periodic Motions in the Restricted Three-Body Problem

The equations of the restricted three-body problem describe the motion of a massless particle under the influence of two primaries of masses 1 −μ and μ, 0≤μ≤ 1/2, that circle each other with period equal to 2π. When μ=0, the problem admits orbits for the massless particle that are ellipses of eccentricity e with the primary of mass 1 located at one of the focii. If the period is a rational multiple of 2π, denoted 2π p/q, some of these orbits perturb to periodic motions for μ > 0. For typical values of e and p/q, two resonant periodic motions are obtained for μ > 0. We show that the characteristic multipliers of both these motions are given by expressions of the form in the limit μ→ 0. The coefficient C(e,p,q) is analytic in e at e=0 and C(e,p,q)=O(e^|p-q|). The coefficients in front of e^|p-q|, obtained when C(e,p,q) is expanded in powers of e for the two resonant periodic motions, sum to zero. Typically, if one of the two resonant periodic motions is of elliptic type the other is of hyperbolic type. We give similar results for retrograde periodic motions and discuss periodic motions that nearly collide with the primary of mass 1 −μ.     

Periodicity detection on the parameter-space of a forced Chua’s circuit

We report a Periodicity-Detection algorithm, implemented in a LabVIEW routine for real-time data analysis on experimental chaos, to evaluate the periodicity P of experimental time series. The Periodicity-Detector (PD) algorithm was applied to the forced Chua’s circuit with the aim to build the Periodicity-parameter-space (P-parameter-space). As results of the P-parameter-space, we could observe very complex dynamical behaviors, as regions of periodic structures, a new sequence of accumulation boundary, and the periodic structures organizing themselves in a period-adding bifurcation cascade. Those results agree with the maximal Lyapunov exponent and the bifurcation diagram analysis, presented in a previous work.     

Existence of planar flame fronts in convective-diffusive periodic media

We prove the existence of planar travelling wave solutions in a reaction-diffusion-convection equation with combustion nonlinearity and self-adjoint linear part in R ⁿ, n1. The linear part involves diffusion-convection terms and periodic coefficients. These travelling waves have wrinkled flame fronts propagating with constant effective speeds in periodic inhomogeneous media. We use the method of continuation, spectral theory, and the maximum principle. Uniqueness and monotonicity properties of solutions follow from a previous paper. These properties are essential to overcoming the lack of compactness and the degeneracy in the problem.     

2D Stochastic Navier–Stokes Equations with a Time-Periodic Forcing Term

We study the long time behavior of the solution X(t, s, x) of a 2D-Navier–Stokes equation subjected to a periodic time dependent forcing term. We prove in particular that as , approaches a periodic orbit independently of s and x for any continuous and bounded real function .      

The effect of pulsed harvesting policy on the inshore–offshore fishery model with the impulsive diffusion

In this paper, we propose the inshore–offshore fishing model with impulsive diffusion and pulsed harvesting at the different fixed time. The existence and globally asymptotical stability of both the trivial periodic solution and the positive periodic solution are obtained. We show that the pulsed harvesting has a strong impact on the persistence of the fish population. By the numerical simulation, we obtain that the best time of fishing is at the end of the period τ.     

The Unstable Set of a Periodic Orbit for Delayed Positive Feedback

In the paper [Large-amplitude periodic solutions for differential equations with delayed monotone positive feedback, JDDE 23 (2011), no. 4, 727–790], we have constructed large-amplitude periodic orbits for an equation with delayed monotone positive feedback. We have shown that the unstable sets of the large-amplitude periodic orbits constitute the global attractor besides spindle-like structures. In this paper we focus on a large-amplitude periodic orbit \({\mathcal {O}}_{p}\) with two Floquet multipliers outside the unit circle, and we intend to characterize the geometric structure of its unstable set \({\mathcal {W}}^{u}\left( {\mathcal {O}}_{p}\right) \). We prove that \({\mathcal {W}}^{u}\left( {\mathcal {O}}_{p}\right) \) is a three-dimensional \(C^{1}\)-submanifold of the phase space and admits a smooth global graph representation. Within \({\mathcal {W}}^{u}\left( {\mathcal {O}}_{p}\right) \), there exist heteroclinic connections from \({\mathcal {O}}_{p}\) to three different periodic orbits. These connecting sets are two-dimensional \(C^{1}\)-submanifolds of \({\mathcal {W}}^{u}\left( {\mathcal {O}}_{p}\right) \) and homeomorphic to the two-dimensional open annulus. They form \(C^{1}\)-smooth separatrices in the sense that they divide the points of \({\mathcal {W}}^{u}\left( {\mathcal {O}}_{p}\right) \) into three subsets according to their \(\omega \)-limit sets.     

Periodic solution of the system with impulsive state feedback control

The order-1 periodic solution of the system with impulsive state feedback control is investigated. We get the sufficient condition for the existence of the order-1 periodic solution by differential equation geometry theory and successor function. Further, we obtain a new judgement method for the stability of the order-1 periodic solution of the semi-continuous systems by referencing the stability analysis for limit cycles of continuous systems, which is different from the previous method of analog of Poincarè criterion. Finally, we analyze numerically the theoretical results obtained.     

Periodic solutions of nonlinear delay differential equations using spectral element method

We extend the temporal spectral element method further to study the periodic orbits of general autonomous nonlinear delay differential equations (DDEs) with one constant delay. Although we describe the approach for one delay to keep the presentation clear, the extension to multiple delays is straightforward. We also show the underlying similarities between this method and the method of collocation. The spectral element method that we present here can be used to find both the periodic orbit and its stability. This is demonstrated with a variety of different examples, namely, the delayed versions of Mackey–Glass equation, Van der Pol equation, and Duffing equation. For each example, we show the method’s convergence behavior using both p and h refinement and we provide comparisons between equal size meshes that have different distributions.     

Time-Periodic Solutions of the Burgers Equation

We investigate the time periodic solutions to the viscous Burgers equation u_t − μu_xx + uu_x = f for irregular forcing terms. We prove that the corresponding Burgers operator is a diffeomorphism between appropriate function spaces.      

Intermittency as a codimension-three phenomenon

We analyze the interaction of three Hopf modes and show that locally a bifurcation gives rise to intermittency between three periodic solutions. This phenomenon can occur naturally in three-parameter families. Consider a vector fieldf with an equilibrium and suppose that the linearization off about this equilibrium has three rationally independent complex conjugate pairs of eigenvalues on the imaginary axis. As the parameters are varied, generically three branches of periodic solutions bifurcate from the steady-state solution. Using Birkhoff normal form, we can approximatef close to the bifurcation point by a vector field commuting with the symmetry group of the three-torus. The resulting system decouples into phase amplitude equations. The main part of the analysis concentrates on the amplitude equations in R³ that commute with an action ofZ ₂+Z ₂+Z ₂. Under certain conditions, there exists an asymptotically stable heteroclinic cycle. A similar example of such a phenomenon can be found in recent work by Guckenheimer and Holmes. The heteroclinic cycle connects three fixed points in the amplitude equations that correspond to three periodic orbits of the vector field in Birkhoff normal form. We can considerf as being an arbitrarily small perturbation of such a vector field. For this perturbation, the heteroclinic cycle disappears, but an invariant region where it was is still stable. Thus, we show that nearby solutions will still cycle around among the three periodic orbits.