Hopf bifurcation in a reaction-diffusion system governed by the Fitz- Hugh-Nagumo equations
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Hopf bifurcation in a reaction-diffusion system governed by the Fitz- Hugh-Nagumo equations
zbMATH Open document ID: 0788.65093
DOI: 10.1016/0898-1221(92)90059-Q
author: Mo-Hong Chou
publication date: 1992-09-27T00:00:00Z
review text: The author considers the Hopf bifurcation in a reaction-diffusion system modeled by the Fitz-Hugh-Nagumo (FHN) equations. Especially numerical methods are proposed to tackle this bifurcation. To approximate the FHN system, first the \(x\)-variable is rescaled, so that a uniform grid is mapped into a non-uniform one with concentration at \(x=-1\). This set-up provides an efficient spatial discretization for forming the simulating system of ordinary differential equations (ODE's). Having found a Hopf bifurcation point by using a damped Newton method and then an Euler-Newton predictor-corrector procedure, the author discusses how to trace the bifurcate periodic solution branch. For the problems encountered in the paper, perturbations up to the fourth order are needed. This gives rise to complex computations such that the author applies the Mathematica package. Having traced out a branch of periodic solutions the author proceeds to study their stability. This is done by linearizing the ODE system around a given \(2\pi\)-periodic solution located on the traced branch. Then the stability is determined by the spectrum of the Floquet matrix obtained through integrating the linearized equations with the identity matrix as the initial matrix. In the last part an example is demonstrated in which a periodic solution becomes highly unstable with period tending to infinity. This example is worked out by the proposed center manifold-Fourier spectral-pseudo-arc- length continuation, which seems to be quite suitable for studying Hopf bifurcation in FHN systems.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65M06
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65M12
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35B32
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35K57
zbMATH DE Number: 60652
zbMATH Keywords: Fitz-Hugh-Nagumo equations
zbMATH Keywords: Hopf bifurcation
zbMATH Keywords: reaction-diffusion system
zbMATH Keywords: damped Newton method
zbMATH Keywords: Euler-Newton predictor-corrector
zbMATH Keywords: periodic solution
zbMATH Keywords: stability
zbMATH Keywords: Floquet matrix
zbMATH Keywords: center manifold-Fourier spectral- pseudo-arc-length continuation
reviewed by: S. Burys
describes a project that uses: Mathematica
describes a project that uses: AUTO
describes a project that uses: PASVA3
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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published in: Computers & Mathematics with Applications
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 60652