Paper 3, Section II, A
State, without proof, the centre manifold theorem. Show that the fixed point at the origin of the system
where is a constant, is nonhyperbolic at . What are the dimensions of the linear stable and (non-extended) centre subspaces at this point?
Make the substitutions and and derive the resultant equations for and .
The extended centre manifold is given by
where and can be expanded as power series about . What is known about and from the centre manifold theorem? Assuming that , determine to and to . Hence obtain the evolution equation on the centre manifold correct to , and identify the type of bifurcation distinguishing between the cases and .
If now , assume that and extend your calculations of to and of the dynamics on the centre manifold to . Hence sketch the bifurcation diagram in the neighbourhood of .