10 problems
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Tigan–Astolfi conjecture on limit cycles in a piecewise-linear Duffing-type system
Let the non-smooth system be the system denoted by … g(x,y,varepsilon)=alphai h'(x)+varepsilon y quadtext{if }xin(ai,a{i+1}],quad i=0,1,ldots,n, … with this function has no lim…
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Boundary equilibrium bifurcation under variation of an ablation parameter
Consider the piecewise glacial cycles system … exhibits a boundary equilibrium bifurcation. The claim concerns parameter-driven changes in the type of equilibrium, but the supplied…
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Llibre–Teixeira conjecture on limit cycles with multiple straight-line discontinuities
Let be even, let be a polynomial of degree , and consider the discontinuous system … where the zero set of is the union of …
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The conjecture that the first-order Melnikov bound is linear for algebraic switching curves
Let denote the upper bound for the number of limit cycles bifurcating from the period annulus around the origin, over all polynomial perturbations and…
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Singular cycles in piecewise smooth systems generate singular horseshoes
Let a piecewise smooth system possess a singular cycle connecting a saddle periodic orbit and a saddle equilibrium, of either type studied in the paper: one involving a saddle equi…
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Conjecture on the smooth family of periodic orbits near the Hopf and Canard curves
The regularized fold-fold system has locally unique periodic orbits near the Hopf bifurcation and near the Canard curve. Periodic-orbit continuation conjecture. The “small” curves…
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Smooth approximation conjecture for sliding Shilnikov orbits
Let be a piecewise vector field in admitting a sliding Shilnikov orbit . For every , let be a neighbourhood of . Smoot…
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Conjecture on the connection of periodic-orbit families in case
Consider the regularized planar piecewise smooth system in case , with the two families of periodic orbits obtained respectively in Proposition and Proposition. Peri…
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Conjecture on the leading-order variance for general switching functions
Let denote the displacement from the switching manifold in the stochastic system, with switching functions and , and let denote displacement along the sw…
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Conjecture that mode-wise contraction implies contraction of piecewise-smooth systems
Mode-wise contraction conjecture. For certain classes of piecewise-smooth systems, contraction of each individual mode should be sufficient to guarantee convergence of all system t…