# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August  2011, 30(3): 945-963. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2011.30.945

## Bifurcations of multiple homoclinics in general dynamical systems

 1 Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China 2 Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China, China

Received  December 2009 Revised  November 2010 Published  March 2011

By using the local active coordinates consisting of tangent vectors of the invariant subspaces, as well as the Silnikov coordinates, the simple normal form is established in the neighborhood of the double homoclinic loops with bellows configuration in a general system, then the dynamics near the homoclinic bellows is investigated, and the existence, uniqueness of the homoclinic orbits and periodic orbits with various patterns bifurcated from the primary orbits are demonstrated, and the corresponding bifurcation curves (or surfaces) and existence regions are located.
Citation: Yancong Xu, Deming Zhu, Xingbo Liu. Bifurcations of multiple homoclinics in general dynamical systems. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2011, 30 (3) : 945-963. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2011.30.945
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