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On the phenomenon of mixed dynamics in Pikovsky-Topaj system of coupled rotators

Dynamical Systems 2017-05-24 v1

Abstract

A one-parameter family of time-reversible systems on T3\mathbb{T}^3 is considered. It is shown that the dynamics is not conservative, namely the attractor and repeller intersect but not coincide. We explain this as the manifestation of the so-called mixed dynamics phenomenon which corresponds to a persistent intersection of the closure of stable periodic orbits and the closure of the completely unstable periodic orbits. We search for the stable and unstable periodic orbits indirectly, by finding non-conservative saddle periodic orbits and heteroclinic connections between them. In this way, we are able to claim the existence of mixed dynamics for a large range of parameter values. We investigate local and global bifurcations that can be used for the detection of mixed dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1604.02417,
  title  = {On the phenomenon of mixed dynamics in Pikovsky-Topaj system of coupled rotators},
  author = {Alexander S. Gonchenko and Sergey V. Gonchenko and Alexey O. Kazakov and Dmitry V. Turaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.02417},
  year   = {2017}
}