Bifurcations of Set-Valued Dynamical Systems
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Author(s)
Athorne, Alexander
Type
Thesis or dissertation
Abstract
We study families of set-valued dynamical systems and show how minimal invariant sets depend on parameters. We give a variant on the definition of attractor repeller pairs and obtain a different version of the Conley decomposition theorem. Under mild conditions on these systems we show that minimal invariant sets are related to a variation on the definition of chain components we call orbitally connected sets. We show for such systems that bifurcations can occur as a result of two orbitally connected sets colliding.
Version
Open Access
Date Issued
2017-09
Date Awarded
2018-08
Copyright Statement
Attribution NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND)
Advisor
Rasmussen, Martin
Lamb, Jeroen
Publisher Department
Mathematics
Publisher Institution
Imperial College London
Qualification Level
Doctoral
Qualification Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)