Research Article

Bifurcation Analysis of a Van der Pol-Duffing Circuit with Parallel Resistor

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(a) Typical points , , , , , and in the parameter space near the point . (b) Phase portraits of system (1.1) for the flow restricted to the center manifold and its continuation. For parameters at the equilibrium is asymptotically stable; for parameters at the equilibrium is a weak stable focus (Hopf point with negative); for parameters at the equilibrium is unstable and a stable limit cycle appears from a Hopf bifurcation; for parameters at the equilibrium is an weak unstable focus (Hopf point with positive) and there is a stable limit cycle; for parameters at the equilibrium is asymptotically stable and an unstable limit cycle appears from a Hopf bifurcation, so there are two limit cycles encircling the equilibrium; for parameters at the equilibrium is asymptotically stable and the two cycles collide, giving rise to a nondegenerate fold bifurcation of the cycles.
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