``Horseshoe chaos'' in the space-independent double sine-Gordon system (Q1090478)
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``Horseshoe chaos'' in the space-independent double sine-Gordon system (English)
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1986
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For the driven, damped space-independent double sine-Gordon equation (periodic but non-sinusoidal potential) threshold curves for horseshoe chaos of the Smale type are derived by the Melnikov technique. Different qualitative behaviour of the solutions is found in different regions of the parameter space. Results are compared to the case of a nonlinear pendulum with sinusoidal potential.
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bifurcation theory
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nonlinear oscillations
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driven, damped space- independent double sine-Gordon equation
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non-sinusoidal potential
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horseshoe chaos
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Melnikov technique
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nonlinear pendulum
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