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STABILITY REGIONS OF CERTAIN LINEAR SECOND OFtDER PERIODIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATICNS
Bernfeld and M. Pandian
S.R.
Department of L%thematics University of Texas a t Arlington Arlhg-ton, Texas 76019 USA
I m m I o N The difficulty in fb%llg the Flcquetmultipliers of H i l l ' s equation x
(1)
+ p(t)ic + q ( t ) x =
0
is w e l l known (see [l] or [21), where p ( t ) and q ( t ) are 2n-periodic. Consequently the s t a b i l i t y properties of (1)are very d i f f i c u l t to ascertain i n genzral unless p ( t ) and q ( t ) are constant. Recall that (1) is stable i f ard only i f a l l solutions are bowrded and is unstable i f there e x i s t s an sol tion. I f the two m l t i p l i e r s pl, p2 of (1) are within the u n i t c i r q + 0 2< 1, then (pl( > 1 o r I p 2 ( > 1 then (1) is unstable. If both m l t i p l i e r s have sinple elementary divisors then (1)is
(1) is stable whereas if either p12
+ p22
= 1
stable: i f one of the multipliers does not have a simple elewntary divisor than (1) is unstable.
equations have heen analyzed i n various contexts. Fbr example i f OIE wants to study the s t a b i l i t y properties of periodic solutions of autonmxls second order mnlinear equations then a useful technique is to analyze the s t a b i l i t y properties of the corresponding variational equation w h i c h is of the form (1). k@reuverin problems of mathemtical physics, such as i n the theory of elastic vibrations, p a r t i a l a r cases of (1) such as the Mathieu equation ( p ( t ) z 0, q ( t ) = a + b cos t) a d other forms of H i l l ' s equation are used [l]. Second order periodic
In scIty3 problerns in ecology and mnlkar &mica1 kinetics, for example, one i s often led to (1) when certain parameters are m t identically constant but rather fluctuate periodically around a c o n s d t value.
As irdicated above p ( t ) a d q ( t ) may deped on parameters. Consequently Iuxmledge of the d e ~ + & ~ =of the multipliers on these p a r m t e r s yields information on the dependence of the s t a b i l i t y regions i n the p a r a t e r space. Such regions have been depicted for the Mathieu q u a t i o n [2] ard other forms of H i l l ' s equation [2]. bre0ve.r i n problms i n bifurcation theory it is also important to have infonmtion on changes of the s t a b i l i t y behavior of (1)as paramters vary, again leading to an analysis of the depdeme of the m l t i p l i e r s on parmters. I n this preliminary rpte we begin with a study of the aepenaenCe of m l t i p l i e r s on parameters for a particular case of (1).
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(2)
x + (A + B sin(t+a))jc
+ (c + D cos(t+B))x
= 0,
where A, B, C, D, a,B, are real constants. (the case A = B = 0, 8 = 0 is the Mathieu equation) We will look at the critical case A = C = Q B = D = 1 a d later study a neighborhood in parameter space of the critical case. Thus consider
x
(3)
+
sin(t+a)l
+ cos(t+B)x
= 0;
we will attempt to determine the behavior of the +SKI multipliers p l ( a , B ) , p2(a,B) on a ard 6. In fact we may restrict a,B to S = [0,2n] x [0,2n] by observing (x,v) = (y,w) if ard only if x z y n-cd 2n and v z w n-cd 2n, is an equivalence relationship. Flcquet theory tells us p1p2 = 1 ard pi, i = 1, 2 satisfies the characteristic equation 2 x - ( p +p )x + 1 = 0. (4 1 1 2 PT+P2
-
Define A(a,B) = 7System (3) is stable if \ A \< 1, that is, if p2 = 01 and p1 $1; and (3) is unstable if \ A /> 1, that is, if o < p1 < 1 < p2. fie buridary seFating the stability regions in the (a,B) plane is thus given by p1 = ?I. On the bourdary p1 = 1 there are periodic solutions of period 2n,arrrl if p1 = 1 has sinple divisors for a particular ( a , @ ) then all solutions of (3) are of period 2n for this particular (a,B). Similar statments hold when p1 = -1 except m the solutions are of period 4 ~ .
z
Lbmrical studies (with the assistance of B. Asner) lead to the follcwimg observations in the stability amlysis of ( 3 ) : Observations:
(a) The region of instability, I ( ~ , B can) be written as
izlwi, rn
1 =
where each Wi is the union of a closed unbounded set Ui with a mnernpty interior and a one dimensional disjoint curve C.. bbreover W. n W . = 0 when i#j. On Ci 1 1 1 p1 = 1,whereas on the baundary of Ui,pl = -1. (b) The region of stability, S, can be written as co
s
=
g1oi,
where each Oi is apen, and each Oi can be written as Oi = Oil J Oi2 such that - Oil, Oi2 are each open ard Oil n Oi2 = Ci. which is periodic in ( a , 8 ) of (c) "he r q e of the m i n g ( p l ( a , B ) , p 2 ( a , f 3 ) ) , period 2 n , is the set
where a is approxirrately -021 ard b i s a rminately 46.54. (d) For each constant c E { [-b,-11 u (zTz/=l) 3 there exists a function Bc(a) such that pl(a,BC(a)) z c for all a . %ere exists in addition, a family $,(a) orthogonal to the family Bc(a) such that the range of (p1(a,Qc(a)),
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Linear Second Order Periodic Differential Equations p2(a,$c(a)) is the set T f o r each c. Remarks:
.
For c=l we can shm that B1(a) = a in (d)
Indeed i n this case we can
inteyrate (3) obtaining
d &x
cos(t+a)) = x
leading t o s=xcos(t+a) + K where K is a constant. p1 = p 2 = 1.
The solutions are 2~ periodic i f and only i f K = 0.
Hence
I n subsequent work with B. Asner details of this note w i l l be qiven as ell as other developwnts i n the study of two dimensional systems depxling on t w o r rmre paramters. Ackrmledgement: The authors m u l d l i k e to thank Professor B. Asner of the University of Dallas f o r both his important rnrmerical contributions as w e l l as for several interesting conversations. BIBLIrnHY
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The final (detailed) version of this paper will be submitted for publication elsewhere.