The effect of symmetry breaking on the dynamics near a structurally stable heteroclinic cycle between equilibria and a periodic orbit

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DOI10.1080/14689360701709088zbMATH Open1161.37038arXivnlin/0608001OpenAlexW2001024197WikidataQ58422055 ScholiaQ58422055MaRDI QIDQ3498569FDOQ3498569


Authors: Vivien Kirk, A. M. Rucklidge Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 15 May 2008

Published in: Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The effect of small forced symmetry breaking on the dynamics near a structurally stable heteroclinic cycle connecting two equilibria and a periodic orbit is investigated. This type of system is known to exhibit complicated, possibly chaotic dynamics including irregular switching of sign of various phase space variables, but details of the mechanisms underlying the complicated dynamics have not previously been investigated. We identify global bifurcations that induce the onset of chaotic dynamics and switching near a heteroclinic cycle of this type, and by construction and analysis of approximate return maps, locate the global bifurcations in parameter space. We find there is a threshold in the size of certain symmetry-breaking terms below which there can be no persistent switching. Our results are illustrated by a numerical example.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0608001




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