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9.2: Problem Set

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Exercise 9.2.1

Consider the following autonomous vector field on the plane:

˙x=μx3yx(x2+y2)3,

˙y=3x+μyy(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(rμ)2,

˙θ=1.

(b)

˙r=r(μr2)(2μr2)2,

θθ=1.

(c)

˙r=r(r+μ)(rμ),

˙θ=1.

(d)

˙r=μr(r2μ),

˙θ=1.

(e)

˙r=μ2r(r+μ)2(rμ)2,

˙θ=1.

Exercise 9.2.3

Consider the following vector field:

˙x=μxx32+x54,xR

where μ is a parameter. Classify all bifurcations of equilibria and, in the process of doing this, determine all equilibria and their stability type.


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