The use of boundary locus plots in the identification of bifurcation points in numerical approximation of delay differential equations (Q1964111)

The subject are nonlinear delay differential equations which have a Hopf bifurcation point lying on the boundary of the region of asymptotic stability for the zero solution which is a steady state for the problem. The boundary locus method is used as a tool for identifying the stability domain of delay differential equations and their numerical analogue, and for identifying particular parameter values at which Hopf bifurcation arises. It is demonstrated that, for consistent and stable linear multistep methods, Hopf bifurcation points in the numerical schemes approximate the true Hopf bifurcation point with accuracy of the order of the numerical methods.