arXiv · 1601.07930
Perturbation of a Nonsmooth Supercritical Hopf Bifurcation
Abstract
Nonsmooth formulations of physical models are common, particularly in climate modeling. However, in many of these models, there is little justification for this modeling choice, and no mathematical indication that the resulting behavior in the nonsmooth system is consistent with behavior that would arise in a similar smooth system. I explore this question by analyzing the relationship between a smooth and nonsmooth Hopf bifurcation in one particular climate example. I show that the nonsmooth bifurcation perturbs to the smooth bifurcation under small changes in a limiting parameter.
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Julie Leifeld. 2016-01-28. Perturbation of a Nonsmooth Supercritical Hopf Bifurcation. https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.07930
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