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Singularity theory and equivariant bifurcation problems with parameter symmetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Jacques-Élie Furter
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Brunel University, Uxbridge UB8 3PM
Angela Maria Sitta
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática, IBILCE-UNESP, Brazil
Ian Stewart
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL.

Extract

The study of equivariant bifurcation problems via singularity theory (Golubitsky and Schaeffer[8], Golubitsky, Stewart and Schaeffer[9]) has been mainly concerned with models exhibiting spontaneous symmetry-breaking. The solutions of such bifurcation problems lose symmetry as the parameters vary, but the equations that they satisfy retain the same symmetry throughout.

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1996

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