Dynamic Hopf bifurcations generated by nonlinear terms

We consider the so-called delayed loss of stability phenomenon for singularly perturbed systems of differential equations in case that the associated autonomous system with a scalar parameter undergoes the Hopf bifurcation at the zero equilibrium point. It is assumed that the linearization of the associated system is independent of the parameter and the next terms in the expansion of the right-hand parts at zero are positive homogeneous of order α>1. Simple formulas are presented to estimate the asymptotic delay for the delayed loss of stability phenomenon. More precisely, we suggest sufficient conditions which ensure that zeros of a simple function ψ defined by the positive homogeneous nonlinear terms are the Hopf bifurcation points of the associated system, the sign of ψ at other points determines stability of the zero equilibrium, and the asymptotic delay equals the distance between the bifurcation point and a zero of some primitive of ψ.     

Stability analysis of stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay and its application to recurrent neural networks

In this paper, we investigate the stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay. Some sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the pth moment exponential stability and pth moment global asymptotic stability of stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay by using Razumikhin method and Lyapunov functions. Based on the obtained results, we further study the pth moment exponential stability of stochastic recurrent neural networks with unbounded distributed delays. The result extends and improves the earlier publications. Two examples are given to illustrate the applicability of the obtained results.     

Convergence and stability for essentially strongly order-preserving semiflows

This paper is concerned with a class of essentially strongly order-preserving semiflows, which are defined on an ordered metric space and are generalizations of strongly order-preserving semiflows. For essentially strongly order-preserving semiflows, we prove several principles, which are analogues of the nonordering principle for limit sets, the limit set dichtomy and the sequential limit set trichotomy for strongly order-preserving semiflows. Then, under certain compactness hypotheses, we obtain some results on convergence, quasiconvergence and stability in essentially strongly order-preserving semiflows. Finally, some applications are made to quasimonotone systems of delay differential equations and reaction-diffusion equations with delay, and the main advantages of our results over the classical ones are that we do not require the delicate choice of state space and the technical ignition assumption.     

Center manifolds theorem for parameterized delay differential equations with applications to zero singularities

The goal of this paper is to develop a center manifold theory for delay differential equations with parameters. As applications, we use the center manifold theorem to establish fold and Bogdanov-Takens bifurcations. In particular, we obtain the versal unfoldings of delayed predator-prey systems with predator harvesting at the Bogdanov-Takens singularity.     

Lyapunov-Razumikhin pairs in the instability problem for infinite delay equations

Some theorems on complete instability of the zero solution relative to a set for nonautonomous nonlinear equations with infinite delay are provided. The right-hand side of the equation is assumed to be defined in a fading memory space and to satisfy conditions that allow the construction of limiting equations. We use conceptions of Lyapunov-Razumikhin pairs and limiting equations to obtain new instability results, which are applicable, in particular, to autonomous, periodic and almost periodic in t delay differential equations.     

Subharmonic bifurcation from infinity

We are concerned with a subharmonic bifurcation from infinity for scalar higher order ordinary differential equations. The equations contain principal linear parts depending on a scalar parameter, 2π-periodic forcing terms, and continuous nonlinearities with saturation. We suggest sufficient conditions for the existence of subharmonics (i.e., periodic solutions of multiple periods 2πn) with arbitrarily large amplitudes and periods. We prove that this type of the subharmonic bifurcation occurs whenever a pair of simple roots of the characteristic polynomial crosses the imaginary axis at the points ±αi with an irrational α. Under some further assumptions, we estimate asymptotically the parameter intervals, where large subharmonics of periods 2πn exist. These assumptions relate the quality of the Diophantine approximations of α, the rate of convergence of the nonlinearity to its limits at infinity, and the smoothness of the forcing term.     

具有三重零奇异的时滞微分方程的分支

主要研究三重零奇异的判定和在Rn上零特征根对应的广义特征空间,利用中心流形简化和规范型计算得到参数时滞微分方程的简化形式,对应于文[A note on the triple zero linear degeneracy:Normal forms,dynamical and bifurcation behaviour of an unfolding.Int J Bifur and Chaos,2002,12:2799-2820]中的结果具体分析具有三重零奇异的参数时滞微分方程的分支行为,并给出一例子来阐述得到的结果.     

On Hopf bifurcation in non-smooth planar systems

As we know, for non-smooth planar systems there are foci of three different types, called focus-focus (FF), focus-parabolic (FP) and parabolic-parabolic (PP) type respectively. The Poincaré map with its analytical property and the problem of Hopf bifurcation have been studied in Coll et al. (2001) [3] and Filippov (1988) [6] for general systems and in Zou et al. (2006) [13] for piecewise linear systems. In this paper we also study the problem of Hopf bifurcation for non-smooth planar systems, obtaining new results. More precisely, we prove that one or two limit cycles can be produced from an elementary focus of the least order (order 1 for foci of FF or FP type and order 2 for foci of PP type) (Theorem 2.3), different from the case of smooth systems. For piecewise linear systems we prove that 2 limit cycles can appear near a focus of either FF, FP or PP type (Theorem 3.3).     

Hopf bifurcation in symmetric configuration of predator-prey-mutualist systems

In this paper we apply the equivariant degree method to study Hopf bifurcations in a system of differential equations describing a symmetric predator-prey-mutualist model with diffusive migration between interacting communities. A topological classification (according to symmetry types), of symmetric Hopf bifurcation in configurations of populations with D₈, D₁₂, A₄ and S₄ symmetries, is presented with estimation on minimal number of bifurcating branches of periodic solutions.     

Stability of impulsive stochastic differential delay systems and its application to impulsive stochastic neural networks

This paper is concerned with the stability of n-dimensional stochastic differential delay systems with nonlinear impulsive effects. First, the equivalent relation between the solution of the n-dimensional stochastic differential delay system with nonlinear impulsive effects and that of a corresponding n-dimensional stochastic differential delay system without impulsive effects is established. Then, some stability criteria for the n-dimensional stochastic differential delay systems with nonlinear impulsive effects are obtained. Finally, the stability criteria are applied to uncertain impulsive stochastic neural networks with time-varying delay. The results show that, this convenient and efficient method will provide a new approach to study the stability of impulsive stochastic neural networks. Some examples are also discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.     

Attractors for parametric delay differential equations without uniqueness and their upper semicontinuous behaviour

We prove existence of a global attractor A^(λ)${\mathbb{A}}^{\left(\lambda \right)}$ under minimal assumptions for a general class of parameterized delay differential equations without uniqueness and posed in potentially different state spaces. Secondly, we establish the upper semicontinuity of the attractors with respect to the parameter λ$\lambda$.     

Nonautonomous bifurcation patterns for one-dimensional differential equations

Although, bifurcation theory of ordinary differential equations with autonomous and periodic time dependence is a major object of research in the study of dynamical systems since decades, the notion of a nonautonomous bifurcation is not yet established. In this article, two different approaches are discussed which are based on special notions of attractivity and repulsivity. Generalizations of the well-known one-dimensional transcritical and pitchfork bifurcation are obtained.     

具有三重零奇异的时滞微分方程的分支

主要研究三重零奇异的判定和在R~n上零特征根对应的广义特征空间,利用中心流形简化和规范型计算得到参数时滞微分方程的简化形式,对应于文[A note on the triple zero linear degeneracy:Normal forms,dynamical and bifurcation behaviour of an unfolding.Int J Bifur and Chaos,2002,12:2799-2820]中的结果具体分析具有三重零奇异的参数时滞微分方程的分支行为,并给出一例子来阐述得到的结果.     

Attractivity,multistability, and bifurcation in delayed Hopfieldʼs model with non-monotonic feedback

For a system of delayed neural networks of Hopfield type, we deal with the study of global attractivity, multistability, and bifurcations. In general, we do not assume monotonicity conditions in the activation functions. For some architectures of the network and for some families of activation functions, we get optimal results on global attractivity. Our approach relies on a link between a system of functional differential equations and a finite-dimensional discrete dynamical system. For it, we introduce the notion of strong attractor for a discrete dynamical system, which is more restrictive than the usual concept of attractor when the dimension of the system is higher than one. Our principal result shows that a strong attractor of a discrete map gives a globally attractive equilibrium of a corresponding system of delay differential equations. Our abstract setting is not limited to applications in systems of neural networks; we illustrate its use in an equation with distributed delay motivated by biological models. We also obtain some results for neural systems with variable coefficients.     

On the number of zeros of Abelian integrals for a polynomial Hamiltonian irregular at infinity

Up to now, most of the results on the tangential Hilbert 16th problem have been concerned with the Hamiltonian regular at infinity, i.e., its principal homogeneous part is a product of the pairwise different linear forms. In this paper, we study a polynomial Hamiltonian which is not regular at infinity. It is shown that the space of Abelian integral for this Hamiltonian is finitely generated as a R[h] module by several basic integrals which satisfy the Picard-Fuchs system of linear differential equations. Applying the bound meandering principle, an upper bound for the number of complex isolated zeros of Abelian integrals is obtained on a positive distance from critical locus. This result is a partial solution of tangential Hilbert 16th problem for this Hamiltonian. As a consequence, we get an upper bound of the number of limit cycles produced by the period annulus of the non-Hamiltonian integrable quadratic systems whose almost all orbits are algebraic curves of degree k+n, under polynomial perturbation of arbitrary degree.     

Isomonodromic differential equations and differential categories

We study isomonodromicity of systems of parameterized linear differential equations and related conjugacy properties of linear differential algebraic groups by means of differential categories. We prove that isomonodromicity is equivalent to isomonodromicity with respect to each parameter separately under a filtered-linearly closed assumption on the field of functions of parameters. Our result implies that one does not need to solve any non-linear differential equations to test isomonodromicity anymore. This result cannot be further strengthened by weakening the requirement on the parameters as we show by giving a counterexample. Also, we show that isomonodromicity is equivalent to conjugacy to constants of the associated parameterized differential Galois group, extending a result of P. Cassidy and M. Singer, which we also prove categorically. We illustrate our main results by a series of examples, using, in particular, a relation between the Gauss–Manin connection and parameterized differential Galois groups.     

Resonance bifurcation from homoclinic cycles

Differential equations that are equivariant under the action of a finite group can possess robust homoclinic cycles that can moreover be asymptotically stable. For differential equations in R⁴ there exists a classification of different robust homoclinic cycles for which moreover eigenvalue conditions for asymptotic stability are known. We study resonance bifurcations that destroy the asymptotic stability of robust ‘simple homoclinic cycles’ in four-dimensional differential equations. We establish that typically a periodic trajectory near the cycle is created, asymptotically stable in the supercritical case.     

On the period of the limit cycles appearing in one-parameter bifurcations

The generic isolated bifurcations for one-parameter families of smooth planar vector fields {X_μ} which give rise to periodic orbits are: the Andronov-Hopf bifurcation, the bifurcation from a semi-stable periodic orbit, the saddle-node loop bifurcation and the saddle loop bifurcation. In this paper we obtain the dominant term of the asymptotic behaviour of the period of the limit cycles appearing in each of these bifurcations in terms of μ when we are near the bifurcation. The method used to study the first two bifurcations is also used to solve the same problem in another two situations: a generalization of the Andronov-Hopf bifurcation to vector fields starting with a special monodromic jet; and the Hopf bifurcation at infinity for families of polynomial vector fields.     

Existence and uniqueness results for impulsive functional differential equations with scalar multiple delay and infinite delay

In this paper, we discuss local and global existence and uniqueness results for first order impulsive functional differential equations with multiple delay. We shall rely on a nonlinear alternative of Leray–Schauder. For the global existence and uniqueness we apply a recent nonlinear alternative of Leray–Schauder type in Fréchet spaces, due to M. Frigon and A. Granas [Résultats de type Leray–Schauder pour des contractions sur des espaces de Fréchet, Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 22 (2) (1998) 161–168]. The goal of this paper is to extend the problems considered by A. Ouahab [Local and global existence and uniqueness results for impulsive differential equations with multiple delay, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 323 (2006) 456–472].     

The cyclicity of the elliptic segment loops of the reversible quadratic Hamiltonian systems under quadratic perturbations

Denote by Q^H and Q^R the Hamiltonian class and reversible class of quadratic integrable systems. There are several topological types for systems belong to Q^H∩Q^R. One of them is the case that the corresponding system has two heteroclinic loops, sharing one saddle-connection, which is a line segment, and the other part of the loops is an ellipse. In this paper we prove that the maximal number of limit cycles, which bifurcate from the loops with respect to quadratic perturbations in a conic neighborhood of the direction transversal to reversible systems (called in reversible direction), is two. We also give the corresponding bifurcation diagram.