In this paper we present a general approach to rigorously validate Hopf bifurcations as well as saddle-node bifurcations of periodic orbits in systems of ODEs. By a combination of analytic estimates and computer-assisted calculations, we follow solution curves of cycles through folds, checking along the way that a single nondegenerate saddle-node bifurcation occurs. Similarly, we rigorously continue solution curves of cycles starting from their onset at a Hopf bifurcation. We use a blowup analysis to regularize the continuation problem near the Hopf bifurcation point. This extends the applicability of validated continuation methods to the mathematically rigorous computational study of bifurcation problems.
In this paper a parametrized Newton-Kantorovich approach is applied to continuation of periodic orbits in arbitrary polynomial vector fields. This allows us to rigorously validate numerically computed branches of periodic solutions. We derive the estimates in full generality and present sample continuation proofs obtained using an implementation in Matlab. The presented approach is applicable to any polynomial vector field of any order and dimension. A variety of examples is presented to illustrate the efficacy of the method.
We present a computer-assisted approach to prove the existence of Hopf bubbles and degenerate Hopf bifurcations in ordinary and delay differential equations. We apply the method to rigorously investigate these nonlocal orbit structures in the FitzHugh–Nagumo equation, the extended Lorenz-84 model and a time-delay SI model.
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