Some contributions to the analysis of piecewise linear systems.

This thesis consists of two parts, with contributions to the analysis of dynamical systems in continuous time and in discrete time, respectively. In the first part, we study several models of memristor oscillators of dimension three and four, providing for the first time rigorous mathematical results regarding the rich dynamics of such memristor oscillators, both in the case of piecewise linear models and polynomial models. Thus, for some families of discontinuous 3D piecewise linear memristor oscillators, we show the existence of an infinite family of invariant manifolds and that the dynamics on such manifolds can be modeled without resorting to discontinuous models. Our approach provides topologically equivalent continuous models with one dimension less but with one extra parameter associated to the initial conditions. It is possible so to justify the periodic behavior exhibited by such three dimensional memristor oscillators, by taking advantage of known results for planar continuous piecewise linear systems. By using the first-order Melnikov theory, we derive the bifurcation set for a three-parametric family of Bogdanov-Takens systems with symmetry and deformation. As an applications of these results, we study a family of 3D memristor oscillators where the characteristic function of the memristor is a cubic polynomial. In this family we also show the existence of an infinity number of invariant manifolds. Also, we clarify some misconceptions that arise from the numerical simulations of these systems, emphasizing the important role of invariant manifolds in these models. In a similar way than for the 3D case, we study some discontinuous 4D piecewise linear memristor oscillators, and we show that the dynamics in each stratum is topologically equivalent to a continuous 3D piecewise linear dynamical system. Some previous results on bifurcations in such reduced systems, allow us to detect rigorously for the first time a multiple focus-center-cycle bifurcation in a three-parameter space, leading to the appearance of a topological sphere in the original model, completely foliated by stable periodic orbits. In the second part of this thesis, we show that the two-dimensional stroboscopic map defined by a second order system with a relay based control and a linear switching surface is topologically equivalent to a canonical form for discontinuous piecewise linear systems. Studying the main properties of the stroboscopic map defined by such a canonical form, the orbits of period two are completely characterized. At last, we give a conjecture about the occurrence of the big bang bifurcation in the previous map

18th IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems: Proceedings

Proceedings of the 18th IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems, which took place in Dresden, Germany, 26 – 28 May 2010.:Welcome Address ........................ Page I Table of Contents ........................ Page III Symposium Committees .............. Page IV Special Thanks ............................. Page V Conference program (incl. page numbers of papers) ................... Page VI Conference papers Invited talks ................................ Page 1 Regular Papers ........................... Page 14 Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 ......... Page 15 Thursday, May 27th, 2010 .......... Page 110 Friday, May 28th, 2010 ............... Page 210 Author index ............................... Page XII

Hybrid Bifurcations and Stable Periodic Coexistence for Competing Predators

We describe a new mechanism that triggers periodic orbits in smooth dynamical systems. To this end, we introduce the concept of hybrid bifurcations: Such bifurcations occur when a line of equilibria with an exchange point of normal stability vanishes. Our main result is the existence and stability criteria of periodic orbits that bifurcate from breaking a line of equilibria. As an application, we obtain stable periodic coexistent solutions in an ecosystem for two competing predators with Holling's type II functional response

Homoclinic orbits, and self-excited and hidden attractors in a Lorenz-like system describing convective fluid motion

In this tutorial, we discuss self-excited and hidden attractors for systems of differential equations. We considered the example of a Lorenz-like system derived from the well-known Glukhovsky--Dolghansky and Rabinovich systems, to demonstrate the analysis of self-excited and hidden attractors and their characteristics. We applied the fishing principle to demonstrate the existence of a homoclinic orbit, proved the dissipativity and completeness of the system, and found absorbing and positively invariant sets. We have shown that this system has a self-excited attractor and a hidden attractor for certain parameters. The upper estimates of the Lyapunov dimension of self-excited and hidden attractors were obtained analytically.Comment: submitted to EP