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We characterize the dynamics on global attractors of cyclic feedback systems. Under mild restrictions the description is given in terms of a semiconjugacy to a simple model system which possesses Morse-Smale dynamics. However, for the completely general case, no simple model system is feasible and hence we introduce a weaker notion of equivalence, namely, topological semiequivalency. We then prove that the global attractor of a cyclic feedback system is topologically semiequivalent to the original model flow. Main ingredients in the proof are the discrete Lyapunov function introduced by Mallet-Paret and Smith and the Conley index theory.
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Research was supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-9101412.
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Gedeon, T., Mischaikow, K. Structure of the global attractor of cyclic feedback systems. J Dyn Diff Equat 7, 141–190 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02218817
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02218817