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Global Bifurcation of Periodic Solutions with Symmetry

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 1309)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
  2. Introduction

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 1-14
  3. Main results

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 15-26
  4. No symmetry — a survey

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 27-34
  5. Virtual symmetry

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 35-47
  6. Generic local theory

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 48-67
  7. Generic global theory

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 68-83
  8. General global theory

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 84-91
  9. Applications

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 92-105
  10. Discussion

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 106-115
  11. Appendix on genericity

    • Bernold Fiedler
    Pages 116-134
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 135-144

About this book

This largely self-contained research monograph addresses the following type of questions. Suppose one encounters a continuous time dynamical system with some built-in symmetry. Should one expect periodic motions which somehow reflect this symmetry? And how would periodicity harmonize with symmetry? Probing into these questions leads from dynamics to topology, algebra, singularity theory, and to many applications. Within a global approach, the emphasis is on periodic motions far from equilibrium. Mathematical methods include bifurcation theory, transversality theory, and generic approximations. A new homotopy invariant is designed to study the global interdependence of symmetric periodic motions. Besides mathematical techniques, the book contains 5 largely nontechnical chapters. The first three outline the main questions, results and methods. A detailed discussion pursues theoretical consequences and open problems. Results are illustrated by a variety of applications including coupled oscillators and rotating waves: these links to such disciplines as theoretical biology, chemistry, fluid dynamics, physics and their engineering counterparts make the book directly accessible to a wider audience.

Keywords

  • Mathematica
  • bifurcation
  • dynamical systems
  • singularity
  • system
  • topology

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Bifurcation of Periodic Solutions with Symmetry

  • Authors: Bernold Fiedler

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0082943

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-19234-3Published: 11 May 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39150-0Published: 14 November 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8434

  • Series E-ISSN: 1617-9692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 154

  • Topics: Analysis, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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