The sliding bifurcations in planar piecewise smooth differential systems (Q2439758)

This paper is devoted to an examination of the family of piecewise smooth systems of ordinary differential equations on the plane formed by combining \[ \dot x = -x + y - b_1,\,\dot y = - p x - b_2, \] in the left half-plane and \[ \dot x = (\frac13 - 2 x) y,\, \dot y = -x - 3 x^2 + y^2, \] in the right half-plane, where \(p\), \(b_1\), and \(b_2\) are positive real constants and \(p > \frac14\). It is shown that the family admits a number of bifurcation phenomena, among them a new phenomenon, the sliding heteroclinic bifurcation.