On the periodic orbit bifurcating from one single non-hyperbolic equilibrium in a chaotic jerk system

Abstract

This paper proposes a chaotic jerk system coexisting with only one non-hyperbolic equilibrium with one zero eigenvalue and a pair of complex conjugate eigenvalues. The system has no classical Hopf bifurcations and belongs to a newly category of chaotic systems. Based on the averaging theory, an analytic proof of the existence of zero-Hopf bifurcation is exhibited. Moreover, unstable periodic orbits from the zero-Hopf bifurcation are obtained. This approach may be useful to clarify chaotic attractors with non-hyperbolic equilibrium hidden behind complicated phenomena.