Consider the two-dimensional dynamical system x˙=f(x) given in polar coordinates by
r˙=(r−r2)(r−g(θ)),θ˙=r,
θ˙=r,
where g(θ) is continuously differentiable and 2π-periodic. Find a periodic orbit γ for (∗) and, using the hint or otherwise, compute the Floquet multipliers of γ in terms of g(θ). Explain why one of the Floquet multipliers is independent of g(θ). Give a sufficient condition for γ to be asymptotically stable.
Investigate the stability of γ and the dynamics of (∗) in the case g(θ)=2sinθ.
[Hint: The determinant of the fundamental matrix Φ(t) satisfies
dtddetΦ=(∇⋅f)detΦ