Bifurcation analysis for spherically symmetric systems using invariant theory (Q1369729)

The paper studies a degenerate steady state bifurcation problem with spherical symmetry. This singularity, with the five dimensional irreducible action of \(O(3)\), has been studied by \textit{M. Golubitsky} and \textit{D. Schaeffer} [Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 35, 81-111 (1982; Zbl 0492.58012)]for codimensions up to 2. It looks at the case where the topological codimension is 3, the \(C^\infty\)-codimension is 5. A tertiary Hopf bifurcation and a heteroclinic orbit are found. This analysis does not use any specific properties of the five dimensional representation and can in principle be used for higher representations as well. The computation is based on invariant theory and orbit space reduction.