GLOBAL BIFURCATION ANALYSIS OF THE DOUBLE SCROLL CIRCUIT

Abstract

An in-depth analysis is made of the global 2-parameter bifurcation structures of the double scroll circuit in terms of their homoclinic, heteroclinic, and periodic orbits. Many fine details are uncovered via a 3-dimensional "unfolding" of the 2-parameter bifurcation structures. Major findings are: (i) The parameter sets which give rise to the homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits (homoclinic and heteroclinic bifurcation sets) studied in this paper are found to be all connected to each other via only one family of periodic orbits. (ii) Moreover, the structure of the windows of this family essentially determines the global structure of the periodic windows of the double scroll circuit. These bifurcation analyses are accomplished by deriving first the relevant bifurcation equations in exact analytic form and then solving these nonlinear equations by iterations. No numerical integration formula for differential equations are used.