Bifurcation of Limit Cycles from a Fold-Fold Singularity in a Glacial Cycles Model

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Main Authors: Makarenkov, Oleg, Widiasih, Esther
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Published: 2025
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author Makarenkov, Oleg
Widiasih, Esther
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Widiasih, Esther
contents We study the occurrence of limit cycles from a point on the discontinuity hyperplane $L$ between two smooth vector fields where the two vector fields both point towards one another. Generically, such a point (called switched equilibrium in control) is asymptotically stable, but we consider the situation where the two vector fields become tangent to L at the switched equilibrium under varying parameter making a degenerate fold-fold singularity. We prove that moving the parameter past such a singular value leads to the occurrence of an attracting limit cycle, which is exactly the dynamical mechanism we then discover in a conceptual model of glacial cycles.
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spellingShingle Bifurcation of Limit Cycles from a Fold-Fold Singularity in a Glacial Cycles Model
Makarenkov, Oleg
Widiasih, Esther
Dynamical Systems
34A36, 37G15, 86A08 34A36, 37G15, 86A08 34A36, 37G15, 86A08
We study the occurrence of limit cycles from a point on the discontinuity hyperplane $L$ between two smooth vector fields where the two vector fields both point towards one another. Generically, such a point (called switched equilibrium in control) is asymptotically stable, but we consider the situation where the two vector fields become tangent to L at the switched equilibrium under varying parameter making a degenerate fold-fold singularity. We prove that moving the parameter past such a singular value leads to the occurrence of an attracting limit cycle, which is exactly the dynamical mechanism we then discover in a conceptual model of glacial cycles.
title Bifurcation of Limit Cycles from a Fold-Fold Singularity in a Glacial Cycles Model
topic Dynamical Systems
34A36, 37G15, 86A08 34A36, 37G15, 86A08 34A36, 37G15, 86A08
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02143