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Coexisting patterns of population oscillations: the degenerate Neimark Sacker bifurcation as a generic mechanism

Chaotic Dynamics 2015-05-19 v1 Populations and Evolution

Abstract

We investigate a population dynamics model that exhibits a Neimark Sacker bifurcation with a period that is naturally close to 4. Beyond the bifurcation, the period becomes soon locked at 4 due to a strong resonance, and a second attractor of period 2 emerges, which coexists with the first attractor over a considerable parameter range. A linear stability analysis and a numerical investigation of the second attractor reveal that the bifurcations producing the second attractor occur naturally in this type of system.

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@article{arxiv.1007.4981,
  title  = {Coexisting patterns of population oscillations: the degenerate Neimark Sacker bifurcation as a generic mechanism},
  author = {Christian Guill and Benjamin Reichardt and Barbara Drossel and Wolfram Just},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4981},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures