Bifurcations in piecewise-smooth continuous systems:
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Main Author: Simpson, David John Warwick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Jersey World Scientific 2010
Series:World Scientific series on nonlinear science v. 70
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Item Description:Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-235) and index
Real-world systems that involve some non-smooth change are often well-modeled by piecewise-smooth systems. However there still remain many gaps in the mathematical theory of such systems. This doctoral thesis presents new results regarding bifurcations of piecewise-smooth, continuous, autonomous systems of ordinary differential equations and maps. Various codimension-two, discontinuity induced bifurcations are unfolded in a rigorous manner. Several of these unfoldings are applied to a mathematical model of the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a common yeast). The nature of resonance near border-collision bifurcations is described; in particular, the curious geometry of resonance tongues in piecewise-smooth continuous maps is explained in detail. Neimark-Sacker-like border-collision bifurcations are both numerically and theoretically investigated. A comprehensive background section is conveniently provided for those with little or no experience in piecewise-smooth systems
Physical Description:xv, 238 p.
ISBN:9789814293846
9814293849
9789814293853

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