5.2 Global Bifurcation

Linearization is Inefficient

Infinite Period Bifurcation

Saddle Node Bifurcation

Fixed points (typically a stable node and a saddle fixed point) collide and annihilate each other on an existing periodic orbit as the parameter μ is varied

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Homoclinic Bifurcation

Where a limit cycle collides with a saddle point.

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