“…[1,2,4,5,14,18,21,25,26]) provides the most effective method for a full analysis of symmetric Hopf bifurcation problems (cf. [5,6,12,18,24,34,35]). It allows to directly translate the equivariant spectral properties of the characteristic operator (associated with the system) into an algebraic invariant containing the information related to the topological nature of the occurring Hopf bifurcation, including the symmetric structure of the bifurcating branches of non-constant periodic solutions, and their multiplicities.…”