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Attractivity, degeneracy and codimension of a typical singularity in 3D piecewise smooth vector fields

Dynamical Systems 2015-08-04 v1

Abstract

We address the problem of understanding the dynamics around typical singular points of 3D3D piecewise smooth vector fields. A model Z0Z_0 in 3D3D presenting a T-singularity is considered and a complete picture of its dynamics is obtained in the following way: \textit{(i)} Z0Z_0 has an invariant plane π0\pi_0 filled up with periodic orbits (this means that the restriction Z0π0Z_0 |_{\pi_0} is a center around the singularity), \textit{(ii)} All trajectories of Z0Z_0 converge to the surface π0\pi_0, and such attraction occurs in a very non-usual and amazing way, \textit{(iii)} given an arbitrary integer k0k\geq 0 then Z0Z_0 can be approximated by π0\pi_0-invariant piecewise smooth vector fields ZεZ_{\varepsilon} such that the restriction Zεπ0Z_{\varepsilon} |_{\pi_0} has exactly kk-hyperbolic limit cycles, \textit{(iv)} the origin can be chosen as an asymptotic stable equilibrium of ZεZ_{\varepsilon} when k=0k=0, and finally, \textit{(v)} Z0Z_0 has infinite codimension in the set of all 3D3D piecewise smooth vector fields.

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@article{arxiv.1508.00456,
  title  = {Attractivity, degeneracy and codimension of a typical singularity in 3D piecewise smooth vector fields},
  author = {Tiago de Carvalho and Marco Antonio Teixeira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00456},
  year   = {2015}
}