Multiple limit cycles bifurcation and Jacobi stability for a class of
segmented disc dynamo system
Abstract
In this paper, the multiple bifurcation of limit cycles for a segmented
disc dynamo system is studied. The formal series method for calculating
the singular point quantities is applied to determine the highest order
focus value at Hopf bifurcation point. For two cases of the segmented
disc dynamo system, namely the system with or without friction
coefficient (abbr. SDDF- or SDD-model), the maximum number of limit
cycles is obtained at the symmetrical equilibrium points under the
condition of synchronous perturbation respectively. At the same time,
the parameters condition is classified for exact number of limit cycles
near each weak focus. Finally, we find that all equilibrium points of
the heart model are Jacobi unstable under certain parameter values.