Heteroclinic bifurcation

In mathematics, particularly dynamical systems, a heteroclinic bifurcation is a global bifurcation involving a heteroclinic cycle. Heteroclinic bifurcations come in two types: resonance bifurcations and transverse bifurcations. Both types of bifurcation will result in the change of stability of the heteroclinic cycle.

At a resonance bifurcation, the stability of the cycle changes when an algebraic condition on the eigenvalues of the equilibria in the cycle is satisfied. This is usually accompanied by the birth or death of a periodic orbit.

A transverse bifurcation of a heteroclinic cycle is caused when the real part of a transverse eigenvalue of one of the equilibria in the cycle passes through zero. This will also cause a change in stability of the heteroclinic cycle.

References

Luo, Dingjun (1997). Bifurcation Theory and Methods of Dynamical Systems. World Scientific. p. 26. ISBN 981-02-2094-4.

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