Saddle-Node Bifurcation and Homoclinic Persistence in AFMs with Periodic Forcing

Figure 3

Bifurcation diagrams of equation (5) in the conservative system. (a) Bifurcation diagram in terms of the parameters b₁ and b₂. (b) Bifurcation diagram in terms of the parameter a and the number of equilibrium solutions when setting b₁ and b₂ such that b₁ < .

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