Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-02-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:06:23Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 morettijunior_a_me_sjrp.pdf: 762570 bytes, checksum: 59d4b94fad96e41726548c623175fe4e (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Neste trabalho temos como objetivo estudar o número e a distribuição de ciclos limites em sistemas diferenciais lineares por partes. Em particular estudamos o número de ciclos limites do sistema diferencial linear por partes planar ˙x = −y − ε φ ( x) , ˙y = x, onde ε 6= 0 é um parâmetro pequeno e φ é uma função periódica linear por partes ímpar de período 4 . Provamos que dado um inteiro arbitário positivo n, o sistema acima possui exatamente n ciclos limites na faixa |x| ≤ 2 (n + 1 ). Consequentemente, existem sistemas diferenciais lineares por partes contendo uma infinidade de ciclos limites no plano real. Inicialmente obtemos uma quota inferior par a o número destes ciclos limites na faixa | x| ≤ 2 (n + 1 ) via Teoria do Averaging . Em seguida , utilizando a Teoria de Campos de Vetores Rodados, verificamos que o sistema acima tem exatamente n ciclos limites na faixa | x| ≤ 2 (n + 1 ) / The main goal of this work aim to study the number and distribution of limit cycles in piecewise linear differential systems. In particular we consider the planar piecewise linear differential system ˙x = −y − ε φ ( x) , ˙y = x, where ε 6= 0 is a small parameter and φ is an odd piecewise linear periodic function of period 4 . We prove that given an arbitrary positive integer n, the system above has exactly n limit cycles in the strip | x| ≤ 2 (n + 1 ) . Consequently, there are piecewise differential systems containing an infinite number of limit cycles in the real plane. First we get a lower bound on the number of limit cycles in the strip |x| ≤ 2 (n + 1 ) via Averaging Theory. In the following , using the Theory of Rotated Vector Fields, we see that above system has exactly n limit cycles in the strip | x| ≤ 2 (n + 1 )

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-02-18Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:34:05Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 euzebio_rd_me_sjrp.pdf: 535663 bytes, checksum: 91f53fae0870b5e3f322f71d88e2b2e4 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Nosso objetivo neste trabalho é estudar o método do averaging através do grau topológico de Brouwer e utilizá-lo para investigar o número de ciclos limites que bifurcam de uma singularidade do tipo centro quando perturbamos um sistema de equações diferenciais através de um pequeno parâmetro ε. Começaremos apresentando o método do averaging que aaprece na literatura clássica e algumas aplicações deste. Depois faremos uma breve discussão sobre o grau topológico de Brouwer, seguido do teorema do averaging que faz menção a este conceito. Finalmente, exibiremos algumas aplicações inéditas do método. / The aim of this is to study the averaging method using the Brouwer topological degree in order to investigative the number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a center type singularity when a differential systemas is perturbed by a small parameter ε. To this respect, initially, we present classical averaging method and some of its applications. So we introduce the Brouwer topological degree, followed by the averaging theorem. Finally, we show some original applications of the averaging method.

Orientador: Paulo Ricardo da Silva / Banca: Maurício Firmino Silva Lima / Banca: Luci Any Francisco Roberto / Resumo: Apresentamos dois critérios para estudar a não existência, a existência e a unicidade dos ciclos limites dos campos de vetores planares. Aplicamos estes critérios para algumas famílias de campos de vetores polinomiais quadráticos e cúbicos, e computamos uma fórmula explícita para o número de ciclos limites que bifurcam a partir do centro x′ = −y, y′ = x, quando tratamos do sistema x′ = −y + εPn i+j=1 aijxiyj, y′ = x + εPn i+j=1 aijxiyj . Al'em disso, usando o segundo critério, apresentamos um método para obter a forma do ciclo limite bifurcado a partir do centro. / Abstract: We present two new criteria for studying the nonexistence, existence and uniqueness of limit cycles of planar vector fields. We apply these criteria to some families of quadratic and cubic polynomial vector fields, and to compute an explicit formula for the number of limit cycles which bifurcate out of the linear centre x′ = −y, y′ = x, when we deal with the system x′ = −y + εPn i+j=1 aijxiyj , y′ = x + εPn i+j=1 aijxiyj . Moreover, by using the second criterion we present a method to derive the shape of the bifurcated limit cycles from a centre. / Mestre

Orientador: Claudio Aguinaldo Buzzi / Banca: Maurício Firmino Silva Lima / Banca: Marcelo Messias / Resumo: Neste trabalho estudamos o Método Averaging. Este método é uma ferramenta extremamente útil para quantificar o número de ciclos limites que podem bifurcar de uma singularidade do tipo centro de um sistema de equações diferenciais. A parte inicial do trabalho apresenta a Teoria de Aproximação Assintótica e um primeiro contato com o Averaging. Posteriormente apresentamos uma versão do Averaging via a Teoria do Grau de Brouwer. Finalmente fizemos algumas aplicações do método apresentando uma cota superior para o número de ciclos limites que podem bifurcar a partir das órbitas periódicas de centros de um sistema de equações diferenciais. Além disso, mostramos através de exemplos concretos que esta cota superior pode ser realizada. / Abstract: In this work we study the Averaging Method. This method is a useful tool in order to give the maximum number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a center type singularity of a di®erential equation system. In the first part of the work we present the Asymptotic Approximation Theory and a first view of the averaging. After that, we present a version of the averaging via Brouwer Degree Theory. Finally we give some applications of this method presenting an upper bound for the number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a center type singularity of a di®erential equation system. Moreover, we show by presenting concrete examples that this upper bound can be realized. / Mestre

This thesis presents a study of the centre bifurcation and chaotic behaviour of three dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems. In two dimensional systems, Christopher (2005) considered a simple computational approach to estimate the cyclicity bifurcating from the centre. We generalized the technique to estimate the cyclicity of the centre in three dimensional systems. A lower bounds is given for the cyclicity of a hopf point in the three dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems via centre bifurcations. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a centre are obtained via the Darboux method using inverse Jacobi multiplier functions. For a given centre, the cyclicity is bounded from below by considering the linear parts of the corresponding Liapunov quantities of the perturbed system. Although the number obtained is not new, the technique is fast and can easily be adapted to other systems. The same technique is applied to estimate the cyclicity of a three dimensional system with a plane of singularities. As a result, eight limit cycles are shown to bifurcate from the centre by considering the quadratic parts of the corresponding Liapunov quantities of the perturbed system. This thesis also examines the chaotic behaviour of three dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems. For studying the chaotic behaviour, a geometric method is used. We construct an example of a three dimensional Lotka-Volterra system with a saddle-focus critical point of Shilnikov type as well as a loop. A construction of the heteroclinic cycle that joins the critical point with two other critical points of type planar saddle and axial saddle is undertaken. Furthermore, the local behaviour of trajectories in a small neighbourhood of the critical points is investigated. The dynamics of the Poincare map around the heteroclinic cycle can exhibit chaos by demonstrating the existence of a horseshoe map. The proof uses a Shilnikov-type structure adapted to the geometry of these systems. For a good understanding of the global dynamics of the system, the behaviour at infinity is also examined. This helps us to draw the global phase portrait of the system. The last part of this thesis is devoted to a study of the zero-Hopf bifurcation of the three dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems. Explicit conditions for the existence of two first integrals for the system and a line of singularity with zero eigenvalue are given. We characteristic the parameters for which a zero-Hopf equilibrium point takes place at any points on the line. We prove that there are three 3-parameter families exhibiting such equilibria. First order of averaging theory is also applied but we show that it gives no information about the possible periodic orbits bifurcating from the zero-Hopf equilibria.

Sistemas de reação-difusão têm sido largamente estudados em diferentes contextos e através de diferentes métodos, motivados pela sua constante aparição em modelos de interação em contextos químicos, biológicos e ainda em fenômenos ecológicos. Neste trabalho nos propomos a estudar existência e unicidade - tanto do ponto de vista local como global - de soluções para uma classe de sistemas de reação-difusão acoplados, denidos em R^2, utilizando como ferramenta a teoria de semigrupos de operadores lineares. Apresentamos dois importantes exemplos: o modelo de Rosenzweig-MacArthur e um particular caso da classe de equações lambda-omega. Para o primeiro obtemos um resultado de existência e unicidade global utilizando um método de comparação envolvendo sub e super-soluções. Investigamos ainda a existência de soluções de ondas viajantes periódicas através do teorema de Bifurcação de Hopf. Já para o caso da equação lambda-omega obtemos a existência e unicidade de solucões, entretanto, a partir da aplicação da teoria de semigrupos de operadores lineares. / Reaction-diffusion systems have been widely studied in a broad variety of contexts in a large amount of disctinct approaches. It is due firstly by their constant appearance in interaction models in disciplines such as chemistry, biology and, more specific, ecology. The aim of this thesis is to provide an existence-uniqueness result - both from the local as well as from the global point of view - for solutions of a particular class of coupled reaction-diffusion systems defined over R^2. It is done applying the well established theory of semigroups of linear operators. Two remarkable examples of such systems are discussed: the Rosenzweig-MacArthur predator-prey model and a special case of lambda-omega class of equations. For the former one, an existence and uniqueness result is obtained through a comparison method - based on the notions of lower and upper solutions. Moreover, we investigate the existence of periodic travelling wave solutions via a Hopf bifurcation theorem. For the lambda-omega model another existence and uniqueness for solutions is obtained, on its turn, through the machinery obtained previously from the theory of semigroups for linear operators.

The objective of this dissertation is to provide a framework for constructing a transitional behavior, connecting any two trajectories from a set with a particular characteristic, in such a way that the transition is as inconspicuous as possible. By this we mean that the connection is such that the characteristic behavior persists during the transition. These special classes include stationary solutions, limit cycles etc. We call this framework the Gluskabi raccordation. This problem is motivated from physical applications where it is often desired to steer a system from one stationary solution or periodic orbit to another in a ̒smooth̕ way. Examples include motion control in robotics, chemical process control and quasi-stationary processes in thermodynamics, etc. Before discussing the Gluskabi raccordations of periodic behaviors, we first study several periodic phenomena. Specifically, we study the self- propulsion of a number of legless, toy creatures based on differential friction under periodic excitations. This friction model is based on viscous friction which is predominant in a wet environment. We investigate the effects of periodic and optimal periodic control on locomotion. Subsequently, we consider a control problem of a stochastic system, under the basic constraint that the feedback control signal and the observations from the system cannot use the communication channel simultaneously. Hence, two modes of operation result: an observation mode and a control mode. We seek an optimal periodic regime in a statistical steady state by switching between the observation and the control mode. For this, the duty cycle and the optimal gains for the controller and observer in either mode are determined. We then investigate the simplest special case of the Gluskabi raccordation, namely the quasi-stationary optimal control problem. This forces us to revisit the classical terminal controller. We analyze the performance index as the control horizon increases to infinity. This problem gives a good example where the limiting operation and integration do not commute. Such a misinterpretation can lead to an apparent paradox. We use symmetrical components (the parity operator) to shed light on the correct solution. The main part of thesis is the Gluskabi raccordation problem. We first use several simple examples to introduce the general framework. We then consider the signal Gluskabi raccordation or the Gluskabi raccordation without a dynamical system. Specifically, we present the quasi-periodic raccordation where we seek the maximally ̒smooth̕ transitions between two periodic signals. We provide two methods, the direct and indirect method, to construct these transitions. Detailed algorithms for generating the raccordations based on the direct method are also provided. Next, we extend the signal Gluskabi raccordation to the dynamic case by considering the dynamical system as a hard constraint. The behavioral modeling of dynamical system pioneered by Willems provides the right language for this generalization. All algorithms of the signal Gluskabi raccordation are extended accordingly to produce these ̒smooth̕ transition behaviors.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-06-03Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:47:52Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silvajunior_jb_me_sjrp.pdf: 533913 bytes, checksum: 2ffa5488599336df8a97baf938757756 (MD5) / Neste trabalho estudamos o Método Averaging. Este método é uma ferramenta extremamente útil para quantificar o número de ciclos limites que podem bifurcar de uma singularidade do tipo centro de um sistema de equações diferenciais. A parte inicial do trabalho apresenta a Teoria de Aproximação Assintótica e um primeiro contato com o Averaging. Posteriormente apresentamos uma versão do Averaging via a Teoria do Grau de Brouwer. Finalmente fizemos algumas aplicações do método apresentando uma cota superior para o número de ciclos limites que podem bifurcar a partir das órbitas periódicas de centros de um sistema de equações diferenciais. Além disso, mostramos através de exemplos concretos que esta cota superior pode ser realizada. / In this work we study the Averaging Method. This method is a useful tool in order to give the maximum number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a center type singularity of a di®erential equation system. In the first part of the work we present the Asymptotic Approximation Theory and a first view of the averaging. After that, we present a version of the averaging via Brouwer Degree Theory. Finally we give some applications of this method presenting an upper bound for the number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a center type singularity of a di®erential equation system. Moreover, we show by presenting concrete examples that this upper bound can be realized.

Orientador: Paulo Ricardo da Silva / Banca: Weber Flavio Pereira / Banca: Marcelo Messias / Resumo: Consideramos dois casos principais de bifurcação de órbitas periódicas não hiperbólicas que dão origem a ciclos limite. Nosso estudo é feito para sistemas lineares por partes com três zonas em sua fórmula mais geral, que inclui situações sem simetria. Obtemos estimativas tanto para a amplitude como para o período do ciclo limite e apresentamos uma aplicação de interesse em engenharia: sistemas de controle. / Abstract: We consider two main cases of bifurcation of non hyperbolic periodic orbits that give rise to limit cycles. Our study is done concerning piecewise linear systems with three zones in the more general formula that includes situations without symmetry. We obtain estimates for both the amplitude and the period of limit cycles and we present a applications of interest in engineering: control systems. / Mestre

Orientador: Claudio Aguinaldo Buzzi / Banca: Claudio Gomes Pessoa / Banca: Luis Fernando de Osório Mello / Resumo: Nosso objetivo neste trabalho é estudar o método do averaging através do grau topológico de Brouwer e utilizá-lo para investigar o número de ciclos limites que bifurcam de uma singularidade do tipo centro quando perturbamos um sistema de equações diferenciais através de um pequeno parâmetro ε. Começaremos apresentando o método do averaging que aaprece na literatura clássica e algumas aplicações deste. Depois faremos uma breve discussão sobre o grau topológico de Brouwer, seguido do teorema do averaging que faz menção a este conceito. Finalmente, exibiremos algumas aplicações inéditas do método. / Abstract: The aim of this is to study the averaging method using the Brouwer topological degree in order to investigative the number of limit cycles that can bifurcate from a center type singularity when a differential systemas is perturbed by a small parameter ε. To this respect, initially, we present "classical" averaging method and some of its applications. So we introduce the Brouwer topological degree, followed by the averaging theorem. Finally, we show some original applications of the averaging method. / Mestre