Global dynamics of stationary solutions of the extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation

In this paper we study the fourth order differential equation d 4u /dt4 + q (d 2u /dt2 )+ u 3 - u = 0, which arises from the study of stationary solutions of the Extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation. Denoting x = u, y = du/ dt , z = d 2u/ dt2 , v = d 3u/ dt3 this equation becomes equivalent to the po...

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Autores: Llibre, Jaume|||0000-0002-9511-5999, Messias, Marcelo|||0000-0003-2269-7091, Da Silva, Paulo R.|||0000-0002-1430-5986
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:150412
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/150412
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.3657425
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Integrability
Extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation
Poincaré compactification
Global dynamics
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Sumario:In this paper we study the fourth order differential equation d 4u /dt4 + q (d 2u /dt2 )+ u 3 - u = 0, which arises from the study of stationary solutions of the Extended Fisher-Kolmogorov equation. Denoting x = u, y = du/ dt , z = d 2u/ dt2 , v = d 3u/ dt3 this equation becomes equivalent to the polynomial system ˙x = y, y˙ = z, z˙ = v, v˙ = x - qz - x 3 with (x, y, z, v) ∈ R 4 and q ∈ R. As usual, the dot denotes derivative with respect to the time t. Since the system has a first integral we can reduce our analysis to a family of systems on R 3 . We provide the global phase portrait of these systems in the Poincar'e ball (i.e. in the compactification of R 3 with the sphere S 2 of the infinity).