Bifurcation Analysis of Planar Piecewise Smooth Systems with a Line of Discontinuity
Abstract
In this paper, we consider bifurcations of a class of planar piecewise smooth differential systems constituted by a general linear system and a quadratic Hamiltonian system. The linear system has four parameters. When the parameters vary in different regions, the left linear system can have a saddle, a node or a focus. For each case, we provide a completely qualitative analysis of the dynamical behavior for this piecewise smooth system. Our results generalize and improve the results in this direction.