9.2: Problem Set
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Exercise 9.2.1
Consider the following autonomous vector field on the plane:
˙x=μx−3y−x(x2+y2)3,
˙y=3x+μy−y(x2+y2)3,
where μ is a parameter. Analyze possible bifurcations at (x,y) = (0, 0) for μ in a neighborhood of zero. (Hint: use polar coordinates.)
Exercise 9.2.2
These exercises are from the book of Marsden and McCracken8. Consider the following vector fields expressed in polar coordinates, i.e. (r,θ)∈R+×S1, depending on a parameter μ. Analyze the stability of the origin and the stability of all bifurcating periodic orbits as a function of μ.
(a)
˙r=−r(r−μ)2,
˙θ=1.
(b)
˙r=r(μ−r2)(2μ−r2)2,
θθ=1.
(c)
˙r=r(r+μ)(r−μ),
˙θ=1.
(d)
˙r=μr(r2−μ),
˙θ=1.
(e)
˙r=−μ2r(r+μ)2(r−μ)2,
˙θ=1.
Exercise 9.2.3
Consider the following vector field:
˙x=μx−x32+x54,x∈R
where μ is a parameter. Classify all bifurcations of equilibria and, in the process of doing this, determine all equilibria and their stability type.