On the Hopf-Pitchfork bifurcation in the Chua's equation

We study some periodic and quasiperiodic behaviors exhibited by the Chua's equation with a cubic nonlinearity, near a Hopf–pitchfork bifurcation. We classify the types of this bifurcation in the nondegenerate cases, and point out the presence of a degenerate Hopf–pitchfork bifurcation. In this degenerate situation, analytical and numerical study shows a diversity of bifurcations of periodic orbits. We find a secondary Hopf bifurcation of periodic orbits, where invariant torus appears. This secondary Hopf bifurcation is bounded by a Takens–Bogdanov bifurcation of periodic orbits. Here, a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations of invariant tori is detected. Resonance phenomena are also analyzed. In the case of strong resonance 1:4, we show a new sequence of period-doubling bifurcations of 4T invariant tori.

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