Regularization of Planar Piecewise Smooth Systems with a Heteroclinic Loop

In this paper, we study bifurcations of the regularized systems of planar piecewise smooth systems, which have a visible fold-regular point and a sliding or grazing heteroclinic loop. Our results show that if the planar piecewise smooth system with a sliding heteroclinic loop undergoes sliding heteroclinic bifurcation, then the regularized system can bifurcate with a stable limit cycle passing through the regularized region and at most two limit cycles outside the regularized region. The regularized system can have at most three periodic orbits. When the upper subsystem is a Hamiltonian system, the regularized system can bifurcate with a semi-stable periodic orbit. Finally, we discuss two cases when the heteroclinic loop of a piecewise smooth system remains unbroken under a small perturbation. Our results show that the regularized system can bifurcate at most two limit cycles from an inner unstable grazing heteroclinic loop.

Codimension-3 Bifurcation in the p53 Regulatory Network Model

In this paper, a p53-Mdm2 mathematical model is analyzed to understand the biological implications of feedback loops in a p53 system. Results show that the model can undergo four types of codimension-3 Bogdanov–Takens bifurcations, including cusp, saddle, focus and elliptic. Specifically, we find new phenomena including the coexistence of four positive equilibria, two limit cycles, the coexistence of three stable states (two stable equilibria and one stable limit cycle, or three stable equilibria), a heteroclinic loop enclosing a smaller stable limit cycle and a larger stable limit cycle. These findings extend the understanding of the complex dynamics of the p53 system, and can provide some potential biological applications.

Sharp Bound of the Number of Zeros for a Liénard System with a Heteroclinic Loop

In the presented paper, the Abelian integral I h of a Liénard system is investigated, with a heteroclinic loop passing through a nilpotent saddle. By using a new algebraic criterion, we try to find the least upper bound of the number of limit cycles bifurcating from periodic annulus.

Nine Limit Cycles in a 5-Degree Polynomials Liénard System

In this article, we study the limit cycles in a generalized 5-degree Liénard system. The undamped system has a polycycle composed of a homoclinic loop and a heteroclinic loop. It is proved that the system can have 9 limit cycles near the boundaries of the period annulus of the undamped system. The main methods are based on homoclinic bifurcation and heteroclinic bifurcation by asymptotic expansions of Melnikov function near the singular loops. The result gives a relative larger lower bound on the number of limit cycles by Poincaré bifurcation for the generalized Liénard systems of degree five.

Global Dynamics of a Planar Filippov System with Symmetry

Chen [2016a, 2016b] studied global dynamics of the Filippov systems [Formula: see text], respectively. To study the global dynamics of [Formula: see text] completely, since the dynamics of [Formula: see text] is very simple, we are only interested in the global dynamics of [Formula: see text] in this paper. Firstly, we use Briot–Bouquet transformations and normal sector methods to discuss these degenerate equilibria at infinity. Secondly, we discuss the number of limit cycles completely. Then, the sufficient and necessary conditions of existence of the heteroclinic loop are found. To estimate the upper bound of the heteroclinic loop bifurcation function on parameter space, a result on the amplitude of a unique limit cycle of a discontinuous Liénard system is given. Finally, the complete bifurcation diagram and all global phase portraits are presented. The global dynamic property of system [Formula: see text] is totally different from systems [Formula: see text].

Poincaré Bifurcation of Some Nonlinear Oscillator of Generalized Liénard Type Using Symbolic Computation Method

In this paper, we study the Poincaré bifurcation of a nonlinear oscillator of generalized Liénard type by using the Melnikov function. The oscillator has weak damping terms. When the damping terms vanish, the oscillator has a heteroclinic loop connecting a nilpotent cusp to a hyperbolic saddle. Our results reveal that: (i) the oscillator can have at most four limit cycles bifurcating from the corresponding period annulus. (ii) There are some parameters such that three limit cycles emerge in the original periodic orbit domain. (iii) Especially, we give a rigorous proof that [Formula: see text] limit cycle(s) can emerge near the original singular loop and [Formula: see text] limit cycle(s) can emerge near the original elementary center with [Formula: see text].