Continuation of eigenvalues and invariant pairs for parameterized nonlinear eigenvalue problems (Q647368)

The authors develop a scheme for simultaneously continuing several eigenvalues and (generalized) eigenvectors of a nonlinear eigenvalue problem. The concept of invariant pairs is proven to be a suitable nonlinear substitute for the concept of invariant subspaces, which is a well-established tool in the linear case and has been successfully used in numerical continuation. On the theoretical side, it is shown that in the course of continuation, turning points only occur upon eigenvalue collisions. Further it is shown that such collisions can be handled by incorporating additional information into the invariant pair. Based on these results, a numerical algorithm has been proposed and verified for an example related to delay differential equation.