Normal form formulations of double-Hopf bifurcation for partial functional differential equations with nonlocal effect

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the calculation of the normal form on the center manifold up to the third-order term at the double-Hopf singularity for general partial functional differential equations with the nonlocal effect. We derive explicit formulas of the normal form, that can be applied for both functional differential equations and partial differential equations with or without nonlocal effects in a bounded spatial domain. This provides an effective tool to establish existences of multi-periodic and quasi-periodic oscillations of a double-Hopf singularity for such equations. As an example, the Holling-Tanner predator-prey model with the nonlocal intraspecific competition of prey is considered. It turns out that double-Hopf bifurcation will occur because of the nonlocal interaction. Many spatio-temporal dynamics are found, including stable spatially homogeneous or nonhomogeneous periodic solutions, and stable spatially nonhomogeneous quasi-periodic solutions.