On the torus bifurcation in averaging theory

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Abstract: In this paper, we take advantage of the averaging theory to investigate a torus bifurcation in two-parameter families of 2D nonautonomous differential equations. Our strategy consists in looking for generic conditions on the averaged functions that ensure the existence of a curve in the parameter space characterized by a Neimark-Sacker bifurcation in the corresponding Poincar'{e} map. A Neimark-Sacker bifurcation for planar maps consists in the birth of an invariant closed curve from a fixed point, as the fixed point changes stability. In addition, we apply our results to study a torus bifurcation in a family of 3D vector fields.


The authors investigate the Neimark-Sacker bifurcation in a planar system by studying the corresponding Hopf bifurcation of the averaged bifurcation equations. They show that the power series expansion of the Poincaré map and the first Lyapunov coefficient can be obtained from the expressions in the averaged system and that the bifurcating limit cycles in the averaged equations correspond to the invariant tori of the Neimark-Sacker bifurcation. It is also indicated, how the expressions could be obtained, if the leading terms in \(\epsilon\) start at power \(l\). The method is applied to a three-dimensional autonomous system, which is converted to the assumed time-periodic form by introducing polar coordinates and treating the angular variable as new independent coordinate. The method could have quite easily been extended to systems of arbitrary order by using center manifold reduction.











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