Hopf bifurcation of reaction-diffusion and Navier-Stokes equations under discretization (Q1279837)

The following semilinear problem on a Banach space is studied: \(du/dt+ A(\lambda)u= F(u,\lambda)\) under certain assumptions on \(F\) and \(A\). The finite-dimensional parameter \(\lambda\) varies in the neighborhood of a bifurcation point. This problem includes reaction-diffusion and incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The authors show that Hopf bifurcations are correctly represented by Runge-Kutta time discretization.