Multiple limit cycles bifurcation from the degenerate singularity for a class of three-dimensional systems

In this paper, bifurcation of small amplitude limit cycles from the degenerate equilibrium of a three-dimensional system is investigated. Firstly, the method to calculate the focal values at nilpotent critical point on center manifold is discussed. Then an example is studied, by computing the quasi-Lyapunov constants, the existence of at least 4 limit cycles on the center manifold is proved. In terms of degenerate singularity in high-dimensional systems, our work is new.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles from a heteroclinic loop with a cusp

In this article, we study the expansion of the first Melnikov function of a near-Hamiltonian system near a heteroclinic loop with a cusp and a saddle or two cusps, obtaining formulas to compute the first coefficients of the expansion. Then we use the results to study the problem of limit cycle bifurcation for two polynomial systems.     

CENTER CONDITIONS AND BIFURCATION OF LIMIT CYCLES FOR A CLASS OF FIFTH DEGREE SYSTEMS

The center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles for a class of fifth degree systems are investigated. Two recursive formulas to compute singular quantities at infinity and at the origin are given. The first nine singular point quantities at infinity and first seven singular point quantities at the origin for the system are given in order to get center conditions and study bifurcation of limit cycles. Two fifth degree systems are constructed. One allows the appearance of eight limit cycles in the neighborhood of infinity,which is the first example that a polynomial differential system bifurcates eight limit cycles at infinity. The other perturbs six limit cycles at the origin.     

The center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the infinity for a cubic polynomial system

In this paper, the problem of center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the infinity for a class of cubic systems are investigated. The method is based on a homeomorphic transformation of the infinity into the origin, the first 21 singular point quantities are obtained by computer algebra system Mathematica, the conditions of the origin to be a center and a 21st order fine focus are derived, respectively. Correspondingly, we construct a cubic system which can bifurcate seven limit cycles from the infinity by a small perturbation of parameters. At the end, we study the isochronous center conditions at the infinity for the cubic system.     

Bifurcation of limit cycles by perturbing a piecewise linear Hamiltonian system with a homoclinic loop

In this paper, we study limit cycle bifurcations for a kind of non-smooth polynomial differential systems by perturbing a piecewise linear Hamiltonian system with the center at the origin and a homoclinic loop around the origin. By using the first Melnikov function of piecewise near-Hamiltonian systems, we give lower bounds of the maximal number of limit cycles in Hopf and homoclinic bifurcations, and derive an upper bound of the number of limit cycles that bifurcate from the periodic annulus between the center and the homoclinic loop up to the first order in ε$\epsilon$. In the case when the degree of perturbing terms is low, we obtain a precise result on the number of zeros of the first Melnikov function.     

Simultaneous bifurcation of limit cycles from a linear center with extra singular points

The period annuli of the planar vector field x^′=−yF(x,y)$x^{\prime }=-yF(x,y)$, y^′=xF(x,y)$y^{\prime }=xF(x,y)$, where the set {F(x,y)=0}$\{F(x,y)=0\}$ consists of k   different isolated points, is defined by k+1$k+1$ concentric annuli. In this paper we perturb it with polynomials of degree n and we study how many limit cycles bifurcate, up to a first order analysis, from all the period annuli simultaneously in terms of k and n  . Additionally, we prove that the associated Abelian integral is piecewise rational and, when k=1$k=1$, the provided upper bound is reached. Finally, the case k=2$k=2$ is also treated.     

Example of a quadratic system with two cycles appearing in a homoclinic loop bifurcation

We give here a planar quadratic differential system depending on two parameters, λ, δ. There is a curve in the λ-δ space corresponding to a homoclinic loop bifurcation (HLB). The bifurcation is degenerate at one point of the curve and we get a narrow tongue in which we have two limit cycles. This is the first example of such a bifurcation in planar quadratic differential systems. We propose also a model for the bifurcation diagram of a system with two limit cycles appearing at a singular point from a degenerate Hopf bifurcation, and dying in a degenerate HLB. This model shows a deep duality between degenerate Hopf bifurcations and degenerate HLBs. We give a bound for the maximal number of cycles that can appear in certain simultaneous Hopf and homoclinic loop bifurcations. We also give an example of quadratic system depending on three parameters which has at one place a degenerate Hopf bifurcation of order 3, and at another place a Hopf bifurcation of order 2 together with a HLB. We characterize the planar quadratic systems which are integrable in the neighbourhood of a homoclinic loop.     

Diffusion instability of a uniform cycle bifurcating from a separatrix loop

We consider the boundary value problem

On the construction of bifurcation curves related to limit cycles of multiplicity three for planar vector fields

We consider planar vector fields f(x,y,λ)$f(x,y,\lambda )$ depending on a three-dimensional parameter vector λ$\lambda$. We assume f(0,0,λ)≡0$f(0,0,\lambda )\equiv 0$ and that there exists a parameter value λ=_λ0$\lambda ={\lambda }_0$ connected with the Andronov–Hopf bifurcation of a limit cycle of multiplicity three from the origin. We describe an algorithm to continue the corresponding local Andronov–Hopf bifurcation curve in the parameter space which is based on the continuation of a periodic orbit to some augmented vector field and the construction of a Poincaré function to another augmented system.     

Local bifurcation of limit cycles and integrability of a class of nilpotent systems of differential equations

We study the analytic system of differential equations in the plane which can be written, in a suitable coordinates system, as

     

Codimension-3 bifurcations of a class of homoclinic loop with saddle-point

In this work, bifurcations in the class that the homoclinic orbit connects the strong stable and strong unstable manifolds of a saddle are investigated for four-dimensional vector fields. The existence, numbers, coexistence and incoexistence of 1-homoclinic orbit, 1-periodic orbit, 2ⁿ$2^n$-homoclinic orbit and 2ⁿ$2^n$-periodic orbit are obtained, the approximate expressions of the corresponding bifurcation surfaces and the bifurcation diagrams are also presented.     

Center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at degenerate singular points in a quintic polynomial differential system

The center problem and bifurcation of limit cycles for degenerate singular points are far to be solved in general. In this paper, we study center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the degenerate singular point in a class of quintic polynomial vector field with a small parameter and eight normal parameters. We deduce a recursion formula for singular point quantities at the degenerate singular points in this system and reach with relative ease an expression of the first five quantities at the degenerate singular point. The center conditions for the degenerate singular point of this system are derived. Consequently, we construct a quintic system, which can bifurcates 5 limit cycles in the neighborhood of the degenerate singular point. The positions of these limit cycles can be pointed out exactly without constructing Poincaré cycle fields. The technique employed in this work is essentially different from more usual ones. The recursion formula we present in this paper for the calculation of singular point quantities at degenerate singular point is linear and then avoids complex integrating operations.     

Center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at three-order nilpotent critical point in a cubic Lyapunov system

In the present paper, for the three-order nilpotent critical point of a cubic Lyapunov system, the center problem and bifurcation of limit cycles are investigated. With the help of computer algebra system-MATHEMATICA, the first 7 quasi-Lyapunov constants are deduced. As a result, sufficient and necessary conditions in order to have a center are obtained. The fact of there exist 7 small amplitude limit cycles created from the three-order nilpotent critical point is also proved. Henceforth we give a lower bound of cyclicity of three-order nilpotent critical point for cubic Lyapunov systems.     

The sine-Gordon equation in the Semiclassical limit: Critical behavior near a separatrix

We study the Cauchy problem for the sine-Gordon equation in the semiclassical limit with pure-impulse initial data of sufficient strength to generate both high-frequency rotational motion near the peak of the impulse profile and also high-frequency librational motion in the tails. Subject to suitable conditions of a general nature, we analyze the fluxon condensate solution approximating the given initial data for small time near points where the initial data crosses the separatrix of the phase portrait of the simple pendulum. We show that the solution is locally constructed as a universal curvilinear grid of superluminal kinks and grazing collisions thereof, with the grid curves being determined from rational solutions of the Painlevé-II system.     

The bifurcation of limit cycles in Zn-equivariant vector fields

In this paper, we study the bifurcation of limit cycles from fine focus in Z_n-equivariant vector fields. An approach for investigating bifurcation was obtained. In order to show our work is efficacious, an example on bifurcations behavior is given, namely five order singular points values are given in the seventh degree Z₈-equivariant systems. We discuss their bifurcation behavior of limit cycles, and show that there are eight fine focuses of five order and five small amplitude limit cycles can bifurcate from each. So 40 small amplitude limit cycles can bifurcate from eight fine focuses under a certain condition. In terms of the number of limit cycles for seventh degree Z₈-equivariant systems, our results are good and interesting.