There exist transitive piecewise smooth vector fields on S^2 but not robustly transitive

DOI10.1007/S00332-022-09811-YzbMATH Open1501.34018arXiv2101.12035OpenAlexW3122277280MaRDI QIDQ2673036FDOQ2673036

Authors: Rodrigo D. Euzébio, Joaby S. Jucá, Régis Varão 

Publication date: 13 June 2022

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is well known that smooth (or continuous) vector fields cannot be topologically transitive on the sphere $S^2$. Piecewise-smooth vector fields, on the other hand, may present non-trivial recurrence even on $S^2$. Accordingly, in this paper the existence of topologically transitive piecewise-smooth vector fields on $S^2$ is proved, see Theorem ef{teorema-principal}. We also prove that transitivity occurs alongside the presence of some particular portions of the phase portrait known as {it sliding region} and {it escaping region}. More precisely, Theorem ef{main:transitivity} states that, under the presence of transitivity, trajectories must interchange between sliding and escaping regions through tangency points. In addition, we prove that every transitive piecewise-smooth vector field is neither robustly transitive nor structural stable on $S^2$, see Theorem ef{main:no-transitive}. We finish the paper proving Theorem ef{main:general} addressing non-robustness on general compact two-dimensional manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.12035

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zbMATH Keywords

topological transitivityFilippov systemspiecewise-smooth vector fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations (34A26) Discontinuous ordinary differential equations (34A36) Topological structure of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles of ordinary differential equations (34C05) Structural stability and analogous concepts of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34D30) Ordinary differential equations and systems on manifolds (34C40) Topological dynamics (37B99)

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