A general framework for boundary equilibrium bifurcations of Filippov systems

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DOI10.1063/1.5037947zbMATH Open1459.34062arXiv1804.11036OpenAlexW3098401245WikidataQ58590121 ScholiaQ58590121MaRDI QIDQ4556540FDOQ4556540

D. J. W. Simpson

Publication date: 16 November 2018

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

Abstract: As parameters are varied a boundary equilibrium bifurcation (BEB) occurs when an equilibrium collides with a discontinuity surface in a piecewise-smooth system of ODEs. Under certain genericity conditions, at a BEB the equilibrium either transitions to a pseudo-equilibrium (on the discontinuity surface) or collides and annihilates with a coexisting pseudo-equilibrium. These two scenarios are distinguished by the sign of a certain inner product. Here it is shown that this sign can be determined from the number of unstable directions associated with the two equilibria by using techniques developed by Feigin. A new normal form is proposed for BEBs in systems of any number of dimensions. The normal form involves a companion matrix, as does the leading order sliding dynamics, and so the connection to the stability of the equilibria is explicit. In two dimensions the parameters of the normal form distinguish, in a simple way, the eight topologically distinct cases for the generic local dynamics at a BEB. A numerical exploration in three dimensions reveals that BEBs can create multiple attractors and chaotic attractors, and that the equilibrium at the BEB can be unstable even if both equilibria are stable. The developments presented here stem from seemingly unutilised similarities between BEBs in discontinuous systems (specifically Filippov systems as studied here) and BEBs in continuous systems for which analogous results are, to date, more advanced.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.11036




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