Symmetric Limit Cycles in 3D Piecewise Linear Systems with Visible-visible Two-Fold Singularity
Abstract
We analyze a three-dimensional discontinuous piecewise linear system whose switching manifold contains visible-visible two-fold intersection lines. Assuming that the matrices and each have one nonzero real eigenvalue and one pair of complex conjugate eigenvalues, we reduce the system to a canonical form. Under a resonant condition, we use Darboux integrability theory to obtain a first integral common to and . Its restriction to defines a hyperbola , which parametrizes the crossing points of symmetric periodic orbits. On this curve we construct the half-return maps, derive analytic expansions for the corresponding return times near infinity, and introduce a time-matching function given by their difference. By means of the Weierstrass Preparation Theorem, we prove the existence of a large-amplitude symmetric limit cycle for a suitable subfamily of systems. We then study stability through a saltation-corrected monodromy matrix and reduce the problem to Schur--Cohn inequalities for the two transverse Floquet multipliers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.25773,
title = {Symmetric Limit Cycles in 3D Piecewise Linear Systems with Visible-visible Two-Fold Singularity},
author = {Samuel Carlos S. Ferreira and Bruno R. Freitas and João Carlos R. Medrado},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.25773},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
28 pages, 2 figures