Saddle-node bifurcations systems

We now consider the phenomenon of entrainment (the development of resonances) on the torus (Meyer, 1983). When (and if) the off-diagonal band in Fig. 6 crosses the diagonal [Figs. 6(c) and 6(f)], there exist points whose images fall on themselves they are fixed points of the map we study. These points lie on periodic trajectories that are locked on the torus. Such trajectories appear in pairs in saddle-node bifurcations and are usually termed subharmonics . When this occurs there is no quasi-periodic attractor winding around the torus surface, but the basic structure of the torus persists the invariant circle is patched up from the unstable manifolds of the periodic saddle-points with the addition of the node-periodic point (Arnol d, 1973, 1982). As we continue changing some system parameter the periodic points may come to die in another saddle-node bifurcation (see Fig. 5). Periodic trajectories thus... 

Chenciner, A. 1985 Hamiltonian-like phenomena in saddle-node bifurcations of invariant curves for plane diffeomorphisms. In Singularities and dynamical systems (ed. S. N. Puevmat-ikos). Amsterdam Elsevier Science Publishers/North Holland. 

Fig. 3.3. Saddle node bifurcations of an infinite length system in theyK-y)101 plane parameters as in Tab. 3.1 the shaded region marks the area of existence of pattern solutions.

From Fig. 18b it is clear that under galvanostatic conditions the limit cycle coexists with a stationary state at high overpotentials. The latter is the only attractor at large current densities. Hence, when the current density is increased above the value of the saddle-loop bifurcation, the potential jumps to a steady state far in the anodic region. Once the system has acquired the anodic steady state, it will stay on this branch as the current density is lowered until the stationary state disappears in a saddle-node bifurcation. 

The left side term indicates the interactions between the two component subsystems, while the right term shows the interactions within the subsystem of each component. Thus, even with stable subsystems (in isolation), the system can be unstable if the interactions among subsystems are more significant than the interactions within subsystems. So, the enzymatic parameters and the boundary conditions can be controlled in such a way that systemic instability occurs. This particular phenomenon is known as a saddle-node bifurcation. 

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