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.     

Equilibria and stabilities for competing-species reaction-diffusion equations with Dirichlet boundary data

Explicit criteria for the asymptotic stability (or instability) of bifurcating closed orbits are given for a class of abstract evolution equations.     

Local controllability and semigroups of diffeomorphisms

The local structure of orbits of semigroups, generated by families of diffeomorphisms, is studied by Lie theory methods. New sufficient conditions for local controllability are obtained which take into account ordinary, as well as fast-switching variations.     

Strange attractors in saddle-node cycles: prevalence and globality

 We consider parametrized families of diffeomorphisms bifurcating through the creation of critical saddle-node cycles. We show that they always exhibit Hénon-like strange attractors for a set of parameter values with positive Lebesgue density at the bifurcation value. In open classes of such families the strange attractors are of global type: their basins contain an a priori defined neighbourhood of the cycle. Furthermore, the bifurcation parameter may also be a point of positive density of hyperbolic dynamics. Oblatum VIII-1993 & 23-II-1995     

Pattern Formation and Continuation in a Trineuron Ring with Delays

In this paper, we consider a single-directional ring of three neurons with delays. First, linear stability of the model is investigated by analyzing the associated characteristic transcendental equation. Next, we studied the local Hopf bifurcations and the spatio-temporal patterns of Hopf bifurcating periodic orbits. Basing on the normal form approach and the center manifold theory, we derive the formula for determining the properties of Hopf bifurcating periodic orbit, such as the direction of Hopf bifurcation. Finally, global existence conditions for Hopf bifurcating periodic orbits are derived by using degree theory methods.     

Orbifolds as stratified diffeologies

We discuss general properties of stratified spaces in diffeology. This leads to a formal framework for the theory of stratifications. In particular, we consider the Klein stratification of diffeological orbifolds, defined by the action of local diffeomorphisms. We show that it is a standard stratification in the sense that the partition of the space into orbits of local diffeomorphisms is locally finite (for orbifolds with locally finite atlases), it satisfies the frontier condition and the orbits are locally closed manifolds.     

Diffeomorphisms taking lines to circles, and quaternionic Hopf fibrations

We list all diffeomorphisms between an open subset of the four-dimensional projective space and an open subset of the four-dimensional sphere that take all line segments to arcs of round circles. These diffeomorphisms are restrictions of quaternionic Hopf fibrations and radial projections from hyperplanes to spheres.     

Stability of bifurcating solutions of the problem about capillary-gravity surface waves in spatial layer of floating fluid

In prolongation of our previous investigations on capillary-gravity surface waves in spatial fluid layers the stability of the bifurcating families of solutions in the horizontal layers of the floating (and without flotation) incompressible heavy capillary fluid is considered. The assumption about layer depth simplifies the proof of the existence of bifurcating solutions at the high dimensions of the linearized operator degeneracy, computation of their asymptotics and as the main subject of this communication the investigation of their stability, relative to perturbations with the same symmetry as bifurcating solutions. Group analysis methods of differential equations are used. (© 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Periodic orbits and chain-transitive sets of C1-diffeomorphisms

We prove that the chain-transitive sets of C¹-generic diffeomorphisms are approximated in the Hausdorff topology by periodic orbits. This implies that the homoclinic classes are dense among the chain-recurrence classes. This result is a consequence of a global connecting lemma, which allows to build by a C¹-perturbation an orbit connecting several prescribed points. One deduces a weak shadowing property satisfied by C¹-generic diffeomorphisms: any pseudo-orbit is approximated in the Hausdorff topology by a finite segment of a genuine orbit. As a consequence, we obtain a criterion for proving the tolerance stability conjecture in Diff¹(M).     

Classification of the simplest non-gradient-like diffeomorphisms on 3-manifolds

The present paper is the first step in the study of Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms with heteroclinic orbits (i.e.,which are non-gradient-like)on 3-manifolds. We give a complete classification of the simplest of such diffeomorphisms.Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 7, Suzdal Conference-1, 2003.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Relative Equilibria of Molecules

Summary. We describe a method for finding the families of relative equilibria of molecules that bifurcate from an equilibrium point as the angular momentum is increased from 0 . Relative equilibria are steady rotations about a stationary axis during which the shape of the molecule remains constant. We show that the bifurcating families correspond bijectively to the critical points of a function h on the two-sphere which is invariant under an action of the symmetry group of the equilibrium point. From this it follows that for each rotation axis of the equilibrium configuration there is a bifurcating family of relative equilibria for which the molecule rotates about that axis. In addition, for each reflection plane there is a family of relative equilibria for which the molecule rotates about an axis perpendicular to the plane. We also show that if the equilibrium is nondegenerate and stable, then the minima, maxima, and saddle points of h correspond respectively to relative equilibria which are (orbitally) Liapounov stable, linearly stable, and linearly unstable. The stabilities of the bifurcating branches of relative equilibria are computed explicitly for XY ₂ , X ₃ , and XY ₄ molecules. These existence and stability results are corollaries of more general theorems on relative equilibria of G -invariant Hamiltonian systems that bifurcate from equilibria with finite isotropy subgroups as the momentum is varied. In the general case, the function h is defined on the Lie algebra dual {\frak g} ^* and the bifurcating relative equilibria correspond to critical points of the restrictions of h to the coadjoint orbits in {\frak g} ^* . Received June 9, 1997; second revision received December 15, 1997; final revision received January 19, 1998     

Systematic Computer Assisted Proofs of periodic orbits of Hamiltonian systems

The numerical study of Dynamical Systems leads to obtain invariant objects of the systems such as periodic orbits, invariant tori, attractors and so on, that helps to the global understanding of the problem. In this paper we focus on the rigorous computation of periodic orbits and their distribution on the phase space, which configures the so called skeleton of the system. We use Computer Assisted Proof techniques to make a rigorous proof of the existence and the stability of families of periodic orbits in two-degrees of freedom Hamiltonian systems, which provide rigorous skeletons of periodic orbits. To that goal we show how to prove the existence and stability of a huge set of discrete initial conditions of periodic orbits, and later, how to prove the existence and stability of continuous families of periodic orbits. We illustrate the approach with two paradigmatic problems: the Hénon–Heiles Hamiltonian and the Diamagnetic Kepler problem.     

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the topological conjugacy of surface diffeomorphisms with a finite number of orbits of heteroclinic tangency

We consider diffeomorphisms of orientable surfaces with the nonwandering set consisting of a finite number of hyperbolic fixed points and the wandering set containing a finite number of heteroclinic orbits of transversal and nontransversal intersection. We distinguish a meaningful class of diffeomorphisms and present a complete topological invariant for this class. The invariant is a scheme consisting of a set of numerical parameters and a set of geometric objects.     

Direction and stability of bifurcation branches for variational inequalities

We consider a class of variational inequalities with a multidimensional bifurcation parameter under assumptions guaranteeing the existence of smooth families of nontrivial solutions bifurcating from the set of trivial solutions. The direction of bifurcation is shown in a neighborhood of bifurcation points of a certain type. In the case of potential operators, also the stability and instability of bifurcating solutions and of the trivial solution is described in the sense of minima of the potential. In particular, an exchange of stability is observed.     

Numerical Continuation of Hamiltonian Relative Periodic Orbits

The bifurcation theory and numerics of periodic orbits of general dynamical systems is well developed, and in recent years, there has been rapid progress in the development of a bifurcation theory for dynamical systems with structure, such as symmetry or symplecticity. But as yet, there are few results on the numerical computation of those bifurcations. The methods we present in this paper are a first step toward a systematic numerical analysis of generic bifurcations of Hamiltonian symmetric periodic orbits and relative periodic orbits (RPOs). First, we show how to numerically exploit spatio-temporal symmetries of Hamiltonian periodic orbits. Then we describe a general method for the numerical computation of RPOs persisting from periodic orbits in a symmetry breaking bifurcation. Finally, we present an algorithm for the numerical continuation of non-degenerate Hamiltonian relative periodic orbits with regular drift-momentum pair. Our path following algorithm is based on a multiple shooting algorithm for the numerical computation of periodic orbits via an adaptive Poincaré section and a tangential continuation method with implicit reparametrization. We apply our methods to continue the famous figure eight choreography of the three-body system. We find a relative period doubling bifurcation of the planar rotating eight family and compute the rotating choreographies bifurcating from it.      

Non-linear waves in a ring of neurons

^** Corresponding author. Email: shangjguo{at}etang.com In this paper, we study the effect of synaptic delay of signaltransmission on the pattern formation and some properties ofnon-linear waves in a ring of identical neurons. First, linearstability of the model is investigated by analyzing the associatedcharacteristic transcendental equation. Regarding the delayas a bifurcation parameter, we obtained the spontaneous bifurcationof multiple branches of periodic solutions and their spatio-temporalpatterns. Second, global continuation conditions for Hopf bifurcatingperiodic orbits are derived by using the equivariant degreetheory developed by Geba et al. and independently by Ize &Vignoli. Third, we show that the coincidence of these periodicsolutions is completely determined either by a scalar delaydifferential equation if the number of neurons is odd, or bya system of two coupled delay differential equations if thenumber of neurons is even. Fourth, we summarize some importantresults about the properties of Hopf bifurcating periodic orbits,including the direction of Hopf bifurcation, stability of theHopf bifurcating periodic orbits, and so on. Fifth, in an excitatoryring network, solutions of most initial conditions tend to stableequilibria, the boundary separating the basin of attractionof these stable equilibria contains all of periodic orbits andhomoclinic orbits. Finally, we discuss a trineuron network toillustrate the theoretical results obtained in this paper andconclude that these theoretical results are important to complementthe experimental and numerical observations made in living neuronssystems and artificial neural networks, in order to understandthe mechanisms underlying the system dynamics better.     

Prey-predator systems with delay: Hopf bifurcation and stable oscillations

This paper examines several prey-predator models with delay. It examines both existence of bounded and decaying solutions and the Hopf bifurcation of periodic orbits. Symbolic techniques are used for the computation of the stability constants via the method of averaging, with minimal resort to numerics. The characteristics of the bifurcating solutions are compared with periodic with solutions known to exist via other geometric means.     

Prediction of homoclinic bifurcation: the elliptic averaging method

A criterion to predict bifurcation of homoclinic orbits in strongly nonlinear autonomous oscillators is presented. The averaging method combined formally with the Jacobian elliptic functions is applied to determine an approximation of limit cycles near homoclinicity. We then introduce a criterion for predicting homoclinic orbits, based on the collision between the bifurcating limit cycle and the saddle equillibrium. In particular, we show that this criterion leads to the same results as the standard Melnikov technique. Explicit applications of this criterion to quadratic nonlinearities are included.     

Lyapunov Exponents, Periodic Orbits and Horseshoes for Mappings of Hilbert Spaces

We consider smooth (not necessarily invertible) maps of Hilbert spaces preserving ergodic Borel probability measures, and prove the existence of hyperbolic periodic orbits and horseshoes in the absence of zero Lyapunov exponents. These results extend Katok’s work on diffeomorphisms of compact manifolds to infinite dimensions, with potential applications to some classes of periodically forced PDEs.     

Abundance of generic homoclinic tangencies in real-analytic families of diffeomorphisms

We consider one-parameter families of two-dimensional diffeomorphisms with homoclinic tangencies. Various authors considered the dynamical complexities due to such tangencies satisfying certain nondegeneracy conditions. In this paper we provide methods to actually verify, for real analytic families, that there are homoclinic tangencies which satisfy these (generic) nondegeneracy generic conditions.