Published February 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Safe, explosive, and dangerous bifurcations in dissipative dynamical systems

  • 1. Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and Its Applications, Civil Engineering Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E6BT (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Mathematical Sciences Group, Building 490-A, Department of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 (Japan)

Description

A comprehensive listing of the generic codimension-1 attractor bifurcations of dissipative dynamical systems is presented. It includes local and global bifurcations of regular and chaotic attractors. The bifurcations are classified according to the continuity or discontinuity of the attractor path, which governs the physical outcome that would be observed under a slow control sweep. Related issues of determinacy, hysteresis, basin structure, and intermittency are addressed. Recently discovered chaotic bifurcations are discussed in some detail, with particular reference to the regular or chaotic saddle-type destroyer with which an attractor may collide

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 1019-1027.
ISSN
1063-651X
CODEN
PLEEE8

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25045286
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ATTRACTORS; CONTROL THEORY; HYSTERESIS; PHASE SPACE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE