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Bifurcations of Links of Periodic Orbits in Mathieu Systems

J. Martínez AlfaroB. Campos

subject

PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)media_common.quotation_subjectInfinitysymbols.namesakeClassical mechanicsMathieu functionHopf linkPhase spaceOrbit (dynamics)symbolsPeriodic orbitsAstrophysics::Earth and Planetary AstrophysicsBifurcationmedia_common

description

We prove that orbits escape from infinity, and that therefore the sphere S can be considered as its phase space. If the parameter δ is large enough, the system is non-singular MorseSmale, and its periodic orbits define a Hopf link. As δ decreases, the system undergoes some bifurcations that we describe geometrically. We relate the bifurcation orbits to periodic orbits continued from the linear Mathieu equation.

https://doi.org/10.1143/ptp.104.1