Boundary orders and geometry of the signed Thom-Smale complex for Sturm global attractors

DOI10.1007/S10884-020-09836-5MaRDI QIDQ2097607zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors B. Fiedler, C. Rocha

Publication date 14 November 2022

Published in Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.04206

zbMATH Keywords

Neumann boundary conditions one space dimension signed Thom-Smale complex Sturm permutation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Attractors (35B41) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations (35K20) Semilinear parabolic equations (35K58) Morse-Smale systems (37D15)

Abstract: We embark on a detailed analysis of the close relations between combinatorial and geometric aspects of the scalar parabolic PDE �egin{equation}label{eq:*} u_t = u_{xx} + f(x,u,u_x) ag{

*

} end{equation} on the unit interval

0 < x < 1

with Neumann boundary conditions. We assume

f

to be dissipative with

N

hyperbolic equilibria

v i n m a t h c a l E

. The global attractor

m a t h c a l A

of eqref{eq:*}, also called emph{Sturm global attractor}, consists of the unstable manifolds of all equilibria

v

. As cells, these form the emph{Thom-Smale complex}

m a t h c a l C

. Based on the fast unstable manifolds of

v

, we introduce a refinement

m a t h c a l C^{s}

of the regular cell complex

m a t h c a l C

, which we call the emph{signed Thom-Smale complex}. Given the signed cell complex

m a t h c a l C^{s}

and its underlying partial order, only, we derive the two total boundary orders

h_{i} o t a : 1, l d o t s, N i g h t a r r o w m a t h c a l E

of the equilibrium values

v (x)

at the two Neumann boundaries

i o t a = x = 0, 1

. In previous work we have already established how the resulting Sturm permutation [sigma:=h_{0}^{-1} circ h_1,] conversely, determines the global attractor

m a t h c a l A

uniquely, up to topological conjugacy.

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