BIFURCATIONS OF GENERIC HETEROCLINIC LOOP ACCOMPANIED BY TRANSCRITICAL BIFURCATION

Abstract

The bifurcations of generic heteroclinic loop with one nonhyperbolic equilibrium p1and one hyperbolic saddle p2are investigated, where p1is assumed to undergo transcritical bifurcation. Firstly, we discuss bifurcations of heteroclinic loop when transcritical bifurcation does not happen, the persistence of heteroclinic loop, the existence of homoclinic loop connecting p1(resp. p2) and the coexistence of one homoclinic loop and one periodic orbit are established. Secondly, we analyze bifurcations of heteroclinic loop accompanied by transcritical bifurcation, namely, nonhyperbolic equilibrium p1splits into two hyperbolic saddles [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], a heteroclinic loop connecting [Formula: see text] and p2, homoclinic loop with [Formula: see text] (resp. p2) and heteroclinic orbit joining [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] (resp. [Formula: see text] and p2; p2and [Formula: see text]) are found. The results achieved here can be extended to higher dimensional systems.