Algebraic determination of limit cycles in a family of three-dimensional piecewise linear differential systems (Q640199)

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Algebraic determination of limit cycles in a family of three-dimensional piecewise linear differential systems
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    Algebraic determination of limit cycles in a family of three-dimensional piecewise linear differential systems (English)
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    17 October 2011
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    The paper is concerned with the dynamics of a system \[ \begin{aligned}\mathbf{\dot{x}} & =A\mathbf{x}-\mathbf{b\qquad}\text{in }S_{-}\cup\Gamma _{-},\\ \mathbf{\dot{x}} & =B\mathbf{x\qquad}\text{in }\Gamma_{-}\cup S_{0}\cup \Gamma_{+},\\ \mathbf{\dot{x}} & =A\mathbf{x}+\mathbf{b\qquad}\text{in }S_{+}\cup\Gamma _{+}, \end{aligned} \] where \( S_{0}=\left\{ \left( x,y,z\right) \in\mathbb{R}^{3}:-1<x<1\right\},\) \(S_{\pm}=\left\{ \left( x,y,z\right) \in\mathbb{R}^{3}:\pm x>1\right\},\) and \(\Gamma_{\pm}=\left\{ \left( x,y,z\right) \in\mathbb{R}^{3} :x=\pm1\right\},\) \(B=A+\mathbf{bc}^{\mathrm{T}},\) \(A\) is a constant \(3\times3\) matrix, \(\mathbf{b},\mathbf{c\in}\mathbb{R}^{n}.\) This is a particular case of the Lur'e system in control theory. The authors develop algebraic tools for the study of symmetric periodic orbits using closing equations for symmetric periodic orbits. The principal result in the paper determines all the symmetric periodic orbits having two points in the plane \(\Gamma_{+}\). Computations leading to the first harmonic bifurcation diagram are provided. In the final part of the paper, a particular case of the system under study, a dimensionless Chua oscillator is studied.
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    piecewise linear differential system
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    limit cycles
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    symmetric periodic orbits
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    harmonic balance
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