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Asymptotic stability of pseudo-simple heteroclinic cycles in R^4

Dynamical Systems 2016-11-03 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

Robust heteroclinic cycles in equivariant dynamical systems in R^4 have been a subject of intense scientific investigation because, unlike heteroclinic cycles in R^3, they can have an intricate geometric structure and complex asymptotic stability properties that are not yet completely understood. In a recent work, we have compiled an exhaustive list of finite subgroups of O(4) admitting the so-called simple heteroclinic cycles, and have identified a new class which we have called pseudo-simple heteroclinic cycles. By contrast with simple heteroclinic cycles, a pseudo-simple one has at least one equilibrium with an unstable manifold which has dimension 2 due to a symmetry. Here, we analyse the dynamics of nearby trajectories and asymptotic stability of pseudo-simple heteroclinic cycles in R^4.

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@article{arxiv.1509.07277,
  title  = {Asymptotic stability of pseudo-simple heteroclinic cycles in R^4},
  author = {Olga Podvigina and Pascal Chossat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.07277},
  year   = {2016}
}

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33 pp., 7 figs., 15 references