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From the discussion in Sects. 13.2 and 13.3, we have the following result
immediately.
Theorem 2. The direction of the Hopf bifurcation of the system (13.3) at the origin
when D
i
.i D 0; 1; 2; : : :/ is supercritical (subcritical) if
2
>0.
2
<0/,
that is, there exist the bifurcating periodic solutions for >
i
. <
i
/;
The bifurcating periodic solutions on the center manifold are stable (unstable)
if ˇ
2
<0.ˇ
2
>0/; The period of the bifurcating periodic solutions increases
(decreases) if T
2
>0.T
2
<0/.
Acknowledgment This research is supported by the National Science Foundation of China
under Grant No. 10772140 and Harbin Institute Technology (Weihai) Science Foundation with
No. HIT(WH)ZB200812.
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