Dynamical Systems with a Codimension-One Invariant Manifold: The Unfoldings and Its Bifurcations

We investigate dynamical system having a special structure namely a codimension-one invariant manifold that is preserved under the variation of parameters. We derive conditions such that bifurcations of codimension-one and of codimension-two occur in the system. The normal forms of these bifurcations are derived explicitly. Both local and global bifurcations are analysed and yield the transcritical bifurcation as the codimension-one bifurcation while the saddle-node– transcritical interaction and the Hopf-transcritical interactions as the codimension-two bifurcations. The unfolding of this degeneracy is also analysed and reveal global bifurcations such as homoclinic and heteroclinic bifurcations. We apply our results to a modified Lotka Volterra model and to an infection model in HIV diseases.