We compare the dynamics of nonlinear noisy oscillators near the two types of the Hopf bifurcation. Prior to the bifurcation, in the regime of damped oscillations around the stable focus, noise serves as a bifurcation precursor: the power spectrum includes a peak at the frequency of the self-sustained oscillations. Super-and sub-critical Hopf bifurcations differ crucially in the noise dependence...

This paper provides a global picture of the bifurcation scenario of the Hindmarsh-Rose model. A combination between simulations and numerical continuations is used to unfold the complex bifurcation structure. The bifurcation analysis is carried out by varying two bifurcation parameters and evidence is given that the structure that is found is universal and appears for all combinations of bifurc...

We consider a delayed predator-prey system with Holling II functional response. Firstly, the paper considers the stability and local Hopf bifurcation for a delayed prey-predator model using the basic theorem on zeros of general transcendental function, which was established by Cook etc.. Secondly, special attention is paid to the global existence of periodic solutions bifurcating from Hopf bifu...

In this paper, we study the influence of time delays on the dynamics of the classical Gompertz model. We consider the models with one discrete delay introduced in two different ways and the model with two delays which generalise those with one delay. We study asymptotic behaviour and bifurcations with respect to the ratio of delays τ̄ = τ1/τ2. Our results show that in such model with two delays ...

We introduce the concept of parametrically and nonlinearly coupled network of bifurcation processing elements that can be driven by static or dynamic input patterns. The network is biologically inspired, computes with all three-types of attractors and offers a unique tool for the modeling and study of cortical networks and higher-level brain function.

This article concerns the bifurcation of limit cycles for a quartic system with an isochronous center. By using the averaging theory, it shows that under any small quartic homogeneous perturbations, at most two limit cycles bifurcate from the period annulus of the considered system, and this upper bound can be reached. In addition, we study a family of perturbed isochronous systems and prove th...

We present a graphical analysis of the mechanisms underlying the occurrences of bubbling sequences and bistability regions in the bifurcation scenario of a special class of one dimensional two parameter maps. The main result of the analysis is that whether it is bubbling or bistability is decided by the sign of the third derivative at the inflection point of the map function.

The results in this paper show that the cubic vector fields ẋ = −y + M(x, y) − y(x + y), ẏ = x + N(x, y) + x(x + y), where M,N are quadratic homogeneous polynomials, having simultaneously a center at the origin and at infinity, have at least 61 and at most 68 topologically different phase portraits. To this end the reversible subfamily defined by M(x, y) = −γxy, N(x, y) = (γ − λ)x + αλy with α,...

What determines the caliber of axonal branches? We pursue the hypothesis that the axonal caliber has evolved to minimize signal propagation delays, while keeping arbor volume to a minimum. We show that for a general cost function the optimal diameters of mother 0 d and daughter 1 2 , d d branches at a bifurcation obey a branching law: 2 2 2 0 1 2 d d d Q Q Q . The derivation relies on the fact ...

The colored quasisymmetric functions, like the classic quasisymmetric functions, are known to form a Hopf algebra with a natural peak subalgebra. We show how these algebras arise as the image of the algebra of colored posets. To effect this approach we introduce colored analogs of P -partitions and enriched P -partitions. We also frame our results in terms of Aguiar, Bergeron, and Sottile’s the...