Paper 3, Section II, D

Dynamical Systems
Part II, 2010

Describe informally the concepts of extended stable manifold theory. Illustrate your discussion by considering the 2-dimensional flow

x˙=μx+xyx3,y˙=y+y2x2,\dot{x}=\mu x+x y-x^{3}, \quad \dot{y}=-y+y^{2}-x^{2},

where μ\mu is a parameter with μ1|\mu| \ll 1, in a neighbourhood of the origin. Determine the nature of the bifurcation.