2:2:1 Resonance in the Quasiperiodic Mathieu Equation

AbstractIn this work, we investigate regions of stability in the vicinity of 2:2:1 resonance in the quasiperiodic Mathieu equation $$\frac{{d^2 x}}{{dt^2 }} + \left( {\delta + \varepsilon \cos t + \varepsilon \mu \cos \left( {1 + \varepsilon \Delta } \right)t} \right)x = 0,$$ using two successive perturbation methods. The parameters ∈ andμ are assumed to be small. The parameter ∈ serves forderiving the corresponding slow flow differential system and μserves to implement a second perturbation analysis on the slow flowsystem near its proper resonance. This strategy allows us to obtainanalytical expressions for the transition curves in the resonantquasiperiodic Mathieu equation. We compare the analytical results withthose of direct numerical integration. This work has application toparametrically excited systems in which there are two periodicdrivers, each with frequency close to twice the frequency of theunforced system.