Complex oscillations with multiple timescales - Application to neuronal dynamics

The results gathered in this thesis deal with multiple time scale dynamical systems near non-hyperbolic points, giving rise to canard-type solutions, in systems of dimension 2, 3 and 4. Bifurcation theory and numerical continuation methods adapted for such systems are used to analyse canard cycles as well as canard-induced complex oscillations in three-dimensional systems. Two families of such complex oscillations are considered: mixed-mode oscillations (MMOs) in systems with two slow variables, and bursting oscillations in systems with two fast variables. In the last chapter, we present recent results on systems with two slow and two fast variables, where both MMO-type dynamics and bursting-type dynamics can arise and where complex oscillations are also organised by canard solutions. The main application area that we consider here is that of neuroscience, more precisely low-dimensional point models of neurons displaying both sub-threshold and spiking behaviour. We focus on analysing how canard objects allow to control the oscillatory patterns observed in these neuron models, in particular the crossings of excitability thresholds

Simultaneous Bifurcation of Limit Cycles and Critical Periods

Altres ajuts: Acord transformatiu CRUE-CSICThe present work introduces the problem of simultaneous bifurcation of limit cycles and critical periods for a system of polynomial differential equations in the plane. The simultaneity concept is defined, as well as the idea of bi-weakness in the return map and the period function. Together with the classical methods, we present an approach which uses the Lie bracket to address the simultaneity in some cases. This approach is used to find the bi-weakness of cubic and quartic Liénard systems, the general quadratic family, and the linear plus cubic homogeneous family. We finish with an illustrative example by solving the problem of simultaneous bifurcation of limit cycles and critical periods for the cubic Liénard family

Global bifurcation analysis of a class of planar systems

We consider planar autonomous systems dx/dt =P(x,y,λ), dy/dt =Q(x,y,λ) depending on a scalar parameter λ. We present conditions on the functions P and Q which imply that there is a parameter value λ0 such that for &lambda > λ0 this system has a unique limit cycle which is hyperbolic and stable. Dulac-Cherkas functions, rotated vector fields and singularly perturbed systems play an important role in the proof

Coexistence of Stable Limit Cycles in a Generalized Curie–Weiss Model with Dissipation

In this paper, we modify the Langevin dynamics associated to the generalized Curie–Weiss model by introducing noisy and dissipative evolution in the interaction potential. We show that, when a zero-mean Gaussian is taken as single-site distribution, the dynamics in the thermodynamic limit can be described by a finite set of ODEs. Depending on the form of the interaction function, the system can have several phase transitions at different critical temperatures. Because of the dissipation effect, not only the magnetization of the systems displays a self-sustained periodic behavior at sufficiently low temperature, but, in certain regimes, any (finite) number of stable limit cycles can exist. We explore some of these peculiarities with explicit examples

A Bendixson-Dulac theorem for some piecewise systems

The Bendixson-Dulac Theorem provides a criterion to find upper bounds for the number of limit cycles in analytic differential systems. We extend this classical result to some classes of piecewise differential systems. We apply it to three different Liénard piecewise differential systems ¨ x+f±(x)˙ x+x = 0. The first is linear, the second is rational and the last corresponds to a particular extension of the cubic van der Pol oscillator. In all cases, the systems present regions in the parameter space with no limit cycles and others having at most one

Qualitative Analysis of Solutions to the Semiclassical Einstein Equation in homogeneous and isotropic Spacetimes

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden Methoden aus der Theorie der dynamischen Systeme verwendet, um das qualitative Verhalten von Lösungen der semiklassischen Einsteingleichung für Friedmann-Lamaître-Robertson-Walker Raumzeiten zu untersuchen. Es werden ausschließlich masselose und konform gekoppelte Quantenfelder betrachtet. Bei der Renormierung des Energie-Impuls-Tensors solcher Quantenfelder treten Ambiguitäten auf, die sich als freie Parameter in der semiklassischen Einsteingleichung manifestieren. Mit Hilfe der Theorie der dynamischen Systeme ist es möglich, Lösungen nach ihren qualitativen Verhalten zu klassifizieren und dadurch Argumente für oder gegen bestimmte Werte der Renormierungskonstanten herauszuarbeiten. Befindet sich das Quantenfeld im konformen Vakuumzustand, erhält man ein zweidimensionales dynamisches System. Für dieses dynamische System werden die strukturell stabilen Fälle und Bifurkationsdiagramme herausgearbeitet, sowie das globale Stabilitätsverhalten der Minkowski und De-Sitter Gleichgewichtspunkte. Mittels dieser Analyse wird das qualitative Verhalten der semiklassischenLösungen mit dem qualitativen Verhalten der Lösungen des Lambda-CDM Modells der Kosmologie verglichen. Es zeigt sich, dass das semiklassische Modell in der Lage ist das qualitative Verhalten von Lösungen des klassischen Lambda-CDM Modells wiederzugeben. Weiterhin wird gezeigt, das im Vakuumfall Lösungen existieren, welche sich, im Gegensatz zu Lösungen des klassischen Lambda-CDM Modells, im Allgemeinen nicht eindeutig durch ihre Anfangsdaten bestimmen lassen. Um dieses atypische Verhalten aufzulösen müssen die Trajektorien dieser Lösungen in einem dreidimensionalen Phasenraum betrachtet werden.Das entsprechende dreidimensionale dynamische System beschreibt das dynamische Verhalten der Lösungen für beliebige Quantenzustände. Für allgemeine Quantenzustände wird die lokale (Lyapunov-) Stabilität der Gleichgewichtspunkte untersucht und für eine spezielle Wahl der Renormierungskonstanten und des Quantenzustandes neue Lösungen gefunden und mit Lösungen des klassischen Lambda-CDM Modells verglichen. Auch hier besteht eine qualitative Äquivalenz

A Business Cycle Model of Speculation from a Viewpoint of Minsky and Shiller Ⅱ: Global Dynamic Analysis

We construct a 3-dimensional extension of the dynamic IS-LM model, in which the money demand function depends not only on income but also on a rate of change in expected income (RCEI). We demonstrate the occurrence of limit cycles in the extended IS-LM model. Our arguments are essentially derived from the remarkable viewpoint of H. P. Minsky and J. R. Shiller concerning financial markets. We assume that the money demand negatively correlates with RCEI. Such a negative correlation results from a speculative behavior. We demonstrate that the negative correlation is an important source of unstable equilibrium and therefore, business cycles. Firstly, we transform the extended IS-LM model into a 2-dimensional Lienard system and prove the occurrence of a stable limit cycle in the Lienard system. Secondly,by using a Hopf bifurcation theorem, we demonstrate the occurrence of a Hopf cycle in the extended 3-dimensionl IS-LM model. Our model possesses two types of self-fulfilling prophecy