Mode-locked orbits, doubling of invariant curves in discrete Hindmarsh-Rose neuron model

Abstract

Similar to period-doubling bifurcation of fixed points, periodic orbits, it has been found since 1980's that a corresponding doubling bifurcation can also be found in the case of quasiperiodic orbits. Doubling bifurcations of quasiperiodic orbits has an important consequence on the dynamics of the system under consideration. Recently, it has been shown that subsequent doublings of quasiperiodic closed invariant curves lead to the formation of Shilnikov attractors. In this contribution, we illustrate for the first time in a discrete neuron system, the phenomenon of doubling of closed invariant curves. We also show the presence of mode-locked orbits and the geometry of one-dimensional unstable manifolds associated with them resulting in the formation of a resonant closed invariant curve. Moreover, we illustrate the phenomenon of crisis and multistability in the system.