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Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation in a single inertial neuron model with delay $ Xing He a , Chuandong Li a,n , Yonglu Shu b a College of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR China b College of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, PR China article info Article history: Received 8 July 2011 Received in revised form 20 November 2011 Accepted 29 February 2012 Communicated by H. Jiang Available online 30 March 2012 Keywords: Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation Inertial neuron model Homoclinic bifurcation Heteroclinic bifurcation abstract In this paper, we study a retarded functional differential equation modeling a single neuron with inertial term subject to time delay. Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation is investigated by using center manifold reduction and the normal form method for RFDE. We get the versal unfolding of the norm forms at the B–T singularity and show that the model can exhibit saddle-node bifurcation, pitchfork bifurcation, homoclinic bifurcation, heteroclinic bifurcation and double limit cycle bifurcation. Some numerical simulations are given to support the analytic results. & 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Since Hopfield [6] proposed a simplified neural network model, there has been increasing interest in investigating the dynamical behaviors of continuous neural networks with or without delay due to their wide application, such as associative memory, pattern recognition, optimization and signal processing. Some important results have been reported [1,6,13]. For inertial neuron model, the inertia can be considered a useful tool, which is added to help in the generation of chaos and there are some biological background for the inclusion of an inductance term [7,14]. More and more researchers focus on this subject. Babcock and Westervelt [1] combined inertia and drove to explore chaos in one and two neurons system. Wheeler and Schieve [17] discussed the stability and chaos in an inertial two- neural system. Tain et al. [15,16] added inertia to neural equa- tions as a way of chaotically searching for memories in neural networks. Li et al. [10] studied Hopf bifurcation and chaos in a single inertial neuron model with delay. Liu et al. [11] illustrated the stability of bifurcating periodic solutions for a single delayed inertial neuron model under periodic excitation. Liu et al. [12] also discussed the resonant codimension-two bifurcation in an inertial two-neuron system with time delay. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, few results for Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation in a inertial neuron model have been reported in the literature. In this paper, we consider that a single inertial neuron model with time delay [10] is described by x ¼a _ xbx þ cf ðxhxðttÞÞ, ð1Þ where a, b, c 40, h Z0, t 40 is the time delay, and f is the non- linear activation function. System (1) was analyzed in [10] from the point of view of Hopf bifurcation and chaos. The authors used h as a bifurcation parameter to show that system (1) undergoes Hopf bifurcation and chaotic behavior of system (1) was observed when adopting a non-monotonic activation function. Except the dynamic of system (1) in [10], it is interesting to further find out what kind of new dynamics this system has. The study carried out in the present paper may contribute to understand the codimen- sion-two Bogdanov–Takens singularity in the single inertial neuron model with time delay. We use a and b as bifurcation parameters. System (1) exhibits codimension-two singularity when two-parameter vary in a neighborhood of the critical values. By using the normal form method for RFDE [3,4], we obtain the normal forms to study its dynamical behaviors. It is shown that different bifurcation diagrams can be constructed due to the difference of activation function. This paper is organized as follows. In the next section, the preliminaries relevant to the normal forms with parameter for RFDE are presented. In Section 3, we discuss the existence of Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation. Then we analyze Bogdanov– Takens singularity in the single inertial neuron model with time delay and get the versal unfolding of B–T bifurcation in Section 4. Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/neucom Neurocomputing 0925-2312/$ - see front matter & 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2012.02.019 $ This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No. 60974020, 11171360 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Project No. CDJZR10 18 55 01). n Corresponding author. Tel.: þ86 23 65103199. E-mail address: [email protected] (C. Li). Neurocomputing 89 (2012) 193–201

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Neurocomputing 89 (2012) 193–201

Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect

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journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/neucom

Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation in a single inertial neuron model with delay$

Xing He a, Chuandong Li a,n, Yonglu Shu b

a College of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, PR Chinab College of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, PR China

a r t i c l e i n f o

Article history:

Received 8 July 2011

Received in revised form

20 November 2011

Accepted 29 February 2012

Communicated by H. Jiangbifurcation, homoclinic bifurcation, heteroclinic bifurcation and double limit cycle bifurcation. Some

Available online 30 March 2012

Keywords:

Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation

Inertial neuron model

Homoclinic bifurcation

Heteroclinic bifurcation

12/$ - see front matter & 2012 Elsevier B.V. A

x.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2012.02.019

research is supported by the National Na

rant No. 60974020, 11171360 and the Fund

tral Universities of China (Project No. CDJZR1

esponding author. Tel.: þ86 23 65103199.

ail address: [email protected] (C. Li).

a b s t r a c t

In this paper, we study a retarded functional differential equation modeling a single neuron with

inertial term subject to time delay. Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation is investigated by using center

manifold reduction and the normal form method for RFDE. We get the versal unfolding of the norm

forms at the B–T singularity and show that the model can exhibit saddle-node bifurcation, pitchfork

numerical simulations are given to support the analytic results.

& 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

1. Introduction

Since Hopfield [6] proposed a simplified neural networkmodel, there has been increasing interest in investigating thedynamical behaviors of continuous neural networks with orwithout delay due to their wide application, such as associativememory, pattern recognition, optimization and signal processing.Some important results have been reported [1,6,13].

For inertial neuron model, the inertia can be considered auseful tool, which is added to help in the generation of chaos andthere are some biological background for the inclusion of aninductance term [7,14]. More and more researchers focus on thissubject. Babcock and Westervelt [1] combined inertia and droveto explore chaos in one and two neurons system. Wheeler andSchieve [17] discussed the stability and chaos in an inertial two-neural system. Tain et al. [15,16] added inertia to neural equa-tions as a way of chaotically searching for memories in neuralnetworks. Li et al. [10] studied Hopf bifurcation and chaos in asingle inertial neuron model with delay. Liu et al. [11] illustratedthe stability of bifurcating periodic solutions for a single delayedinertial neuron model under periodic excitation. Liu et al. [12]also discussed the resonant codimension-two bifurcation in aninertial two-neuron system with time delay. However, to the best

ll rights reserved.

tural Science Foundation of

amental Research Funds for

0 18 55 01).

of the authors’ knowledge, few results for Bogdanov–Takensbifurcation in a inertial neuron model have been reported in theliterature.

In this paper, we consider that a single inertial neuron modelwith time delay [10] is described by

€x ¼�a _x�bxþcf ðx�hxðt�tÞÞ, ð1Þ

where a,b,c40,hZ0, t40 is the time delay, and f is the non-linear activation function. System (1) was analyzed in [10] fromthe point of view of Hopf bifurcation and chaos. The authors usedh as a bifurcation parameter to show that system (1) undergoesHopf bifurcation and chaotic behavior of system (1) was observedwhen adopting a non-monotonic activation function. Except thedynamic of system (1) in [10], it is interesting to further find outwhat kind of new dynamics this system has. The study carried outin the present paper may contribute to understand the codimen-sion-two Bogdanov–Takens singularity in the single inertialneuron model with time delay. We use a and b as bifurcationparameters. System (1) exhibits codimension-two singularitywhen two-parameter vary in a neighborhood of the criticalvalues. By using the normal form method for RFDE [3,4], weobtain the normal forms to study its dynamical behaviors. It isshown that different bifurcation diagrams can be constructed dueto the difference of activation function.

This paper is organized as follows. In the next section, thepreliminaries relevant to the normal forms with parameter forRFDE are presented. In Section 3, we discuss the existence ofBogdanov–Takens bifurcation. Then we analyze Bogdanov–Takens singularity in the single inertial neuron model with timedelay and get the versal unfolding of B–T bifurcation in Section 4.

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In Section 5, these normal forms are used to predict B–T bifurca-tion diagrams. In Section 6, some numerical simulations are givento support the analytic results. Section 7 summarizes the mainconclusions.

2. Preliminaries

This section presents B–T bifurcation theory of normal formwith parameters for functional differential [3,4,8]. We consider anabstract retarded functional differential equation with para-meters in the phase space C ¼ Cð½�t,0�;Rn

Þ

_xðtÞ ¼ LðmÞxtþGðxt ,mÞ, ð2Þ

where xt AC is defined by xtðyÞ ¼ xðtþyÞ, �tryr0, the para-meter mARp is a parameter vector in a neighborhood V of zero,LðmÞ : V-LðC,Rn

Þ is Ck�1, and G : C � Rp-Rn is CkðkZ2Þ with

Gð0,mÞ ¼ 0, DxGð0,mÞ ¼ 0.Define L¼ Lð0Þ and Fðxt ,mÞ ¼ Gðxt ,mÞþðLðmÞ�Lð0ÞÞxt , then sys-

tem (2) can be rewritten as

_xðtÞ ¼ LxtþFðxt ,mÞ: ð3Þ

Then the linear homogeneous retarded functional differentialequation of Eq. (3) can be written as

_xðtÞ ¼ Lxt : ð4Þ

Since L is a bounded linear operator, L can be represented by aRiemann–Stieltjes integral

Lj¼Z 0

�tdZðyÞjðyÞ, 8jAC,

by the Riesz representation theorem, where ZðyÞðyA ½�t,0�Þ is ann�n matrix function of bounded variation. Let A0 be the infini-tesimal generator for the solution semigroup defined by system(4) such that

A0j¼ _j,DðA0Þ ¼ jAC1ð½�t,0�,Rn

Þ : _jð0Þ ¼Z 0

�tdZðyÞjðyÞ

( ):

Define the bilinear form between C and C0 ¼ Cð½0,t�,RnnÞ by

/c,jS¼cð0Þjð0Þ�Z 0

�t

Z y

0cðx�yÞ dZðyÞjðxÞ dx, 8cAC0, 8jAC:

Assume that L has double zero eigenvalues and all other eigen-values have negative real parts. Let L be the set of eigenvalueswith zero real part and P be the generalized eigenvalues spaceassociated with L and Pn the space adjoint with P. Then C can bedecomposed as

C ¼ P � Q where Q ¼ fjAC : /j,cS¼ 0, 8cAPng,

with dim P¼ 2: Choose the bases F and C for P and Pn such that

/C,FS¼ I, _F ¼FJ, _C ¼�JC,

where I is the 2�2 identity matrix and

J¼0 1

0 0

� �:

Following the ideas in [3,4], we consider the enlarged phase spaceBC

BC ¼ j : ½�t,0�-Rn : j is continuous on ½�t,0Þ, ( limy-0�

jðyÞARn

� �:

Then the elements of BC can be expressed as c¼jþx0a, jAC,aARn and

x0ðyÞ ¼0, �tryo0,

I, y¼ 0,

(

where I is the identity operator on C. The space BC has the norm9jþx0a9¼ 9j9Cþ9a9Rn . The definition of the continuous projec-tion p : BC-P by

pðjþx0aÞ ¼F½ðC,jÞþCð0Þa�,

which allows us to decompose the enlarged phase spaceBC ¼ P � Ker p. Let x¼Fzþy. Then system (2) can be decomposed as

_z ¼ JzþCð0ÞFðFzþy,mÞ,_y ¼ AQ1 yþðI�pÞx0FðFzþy,mÞ, xAR2, yAQ1,

(ð5Þ

for yAQ1¼Q \ C1

� Kerp, where AQ1 is the restriction of A0 as anoperator from Q1 to the Banach space Ker p.

Employing Taylor’s theorem, system (5) becomes

_z ¼ JzþSjZ21j f 1

j ðz,y,mÞ,

_y ¼ AQ1 yþSjZ21j f 2

j ðz,y,mÞ,

8<: ð6Þ

where f ijðz,y,mÞði¼ 1;2Þ denotes the homogeneous polynomials of

degree j in variables ðz,y,mÞ. For

J¼0 1

0 0

� �,

the non-resonance conditions are naturally satisfied. According tonormal form theory developed in [5], system (6) can be trans-formed to the following normal form on the center manifold:

_z ¼ Jzþ12g1

2ðz,0,mÞþh:o:t: ð7Þ

For a normed space Z, denoted by V4j ðZÞ the linear space of

homogeneous polynomials of ðz,mÞ ¼ ðz1,z2,m1,m2Þ with degree j

and with coefficients in Z, and define Mj to be the operator inV4

j ðR2� KerpÞ with the range in the same space by

Mjðp,hÞ ¼ ðM1j p, M2

j hÞ,

where

M1j p¼M1

j

p1

p2

@p1@z1

z2�p2

@p2@z1

z2

0@

1A,

M2j h¼M2

j hðz,mÞ ¼Dzhðz,mÞJx�AQ1 hðz,mÞ:

Using M1j , we have the following decompositions:

V4j ðR

2Þ ¼ ImðM1

j Þ � ðImðM1j ÞÞ

c , V4j ðR

2Þ ¼ KerðM1

j Þ � ðKerðM1j ÞÞ

c :

By the above decompositions, g12ðz,0,mÞ can be expressed as

g12ðz,0,mÞ ¼ Project

ðImðM12ÞÞ

c f 12ðz,0,mÞ:

The base of V42ðR

2� KerpÞ is composed by the following 20

elements:

z21

0

!,

z22

0

!,

z1z2

0

� �,

z1mi

0

� �,

z2mi

0

� �,

m2i

0

!,

m1m2

0

� �,

0

z21

!,

0

z22

!,

0

z1z2

!,

0

z1mi

!,

0

z2mi

!,

0

m2i

!,

0

m1m2

!,

i¼ 1;2,

and images of these elements under M12 are

2z1z2

0

� �,

0

0

� �,

z22

0

!,

z2mi

0

� �,�z2

1

2z1z2

!,

�z1z2

z22

!,�z2

2

0

!,�z1mi

z2mi

!,�z2mi

0

� �:

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Therefore, a basis of ðImðM12ÞÞ

c can be taken as the set composedby the elements

0

z21

!,

0

z1z2

!,

0

z1mi

!,

0

z2mi

!,

0

m2i

!,

0

m1m2

!:

Then we have

1

2g1

2ðz,0,mÞ ¼0

l1z1þl2z2þZ1z21þZ2z1z2þh:o:t:

!:

If the second order normal form is degenerated, then we obtain

1

2g1

2ðz,0,mÞ ¼0

l1z1þl2z2þh:o:t:

!:

So the high-order normal must be calculated. System (6) can betransformed to the following normal form on the center manifold:

_z ¼ Jzþ12 g1

2ðz,0,mÞþ 13!g

13ðz,0,mÞþh:o:t ð8Þ

and define

U12ðzÞ ¼ ðM

12Þ�1Project

ðImðM12ÞÞ

c f 12ðz,0;0Þ, U2

2ðzÞ ¼ ðM22Þ�1f 2

2ðz,0;0Þ:

Then

g13ðz,0,mÞ ¼ Project

ðImðM13ÞÞ

c ff13ðz,0,mÞþ3

2½Dzf 12ðz,0,mÞU1

2þDyf 12ðz,0,mÞU2

2�g:

Be similar with the computation of ðImðM12ÞÞ

c. The space ðImðM13ÞÞ

c

is spanned by

0

z31

!,

0

z21z2

!,

0

z21mi

!,

0

z1z2mi

!,

0

zim2i

!,

0

z1m1m2

!,

0

z2m1m2

!,

0

m3i

!,

0

m21m2

!,

0

m1m22

!:

Then we obtain

1

3!g1

3ðz,0,mÞ ¼0

Z1z31þZ2z2

1z2þh:o:t

!:

Hence the normal form with the universal unfolding is

_z1 ¼ z2þh:o,t,

_z2 ¼ l1z1þl2z2þZ1z31þZ2z2

1z2þh:o:t:

(

3. The existence of Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation

Throughout the rest of this paper, we assume that f ð0Þ ¼ 0, andf is a nonlinear C3 function. By defining [10]

x1ðtÞ � xðtÞ�hxðt�tÞ, x2 ¼ _x1ðtÞ, tA ½�t,1Þ:

Then system (1) can be written as

_x1ðtÞ ¼ x2ðtÞ,

_x2ðtÞ ¼�ax2ðtÞ�bx1ðtÞþcf ðx1ðtÞÞ�chf ðx1ðt�tÞÞ:

(ð9Þ

It is clear that system (9) has one equilibrium ð0;0Þ.Then the linearization equation at the origin is

_x1ðtÞ ¼ x2ðtÞ,

_x2ðtÞ ¼�ax2ðtÞ�bx1ðtÞþckx1ðtÞ�chkx1ðt�tÞ

(

and the corresponding characteristic equation is

FðlÞ ¼ l2þalþb�ckþchke�lt ¼ 0, ð10Þ

where k¼ f 0ð0Þ, for t¼ 0, the two roots of Eq. (10) have negativereal parts if and only if b�ckþchk40:

Next, we focus on the case of t40. Let a0 ¼ chkt, b0 ¼ ckð1�hÞ,and we have the following result.

Theorem 1. Suppose b¼ b0 and k40. Then

(i)

l¼ 0 is a single root of Eq. (10) if and only if aaa0. (ii) l¼ 0 is a double zero root of Eq. (10) if and only if a¼ a0.

(iii)

Eq. (10) does not have purely imaginary roots 7oiðo40Þ.

Proof. It is easy to calculate Fð0Þ ¼ 0 if b¼ b0, and

F 0ðlÞ ¼ 2lþa�chkte�lt, F 00ðlÞ ¼ 2þchkt2e�lt:

From k40, we obtain

F 0ðlÞjl ¼ 0,b ¼ b0 ,a ¼ a0¼ 0, F 00ðlÞjl ¼ 0,k ¼ k0 ,t ¼ t0

¼ 2þchkt240:

This completes the proof of (i) and (ii).

When b¼ b0, substituting l¼ io into Eq. (10) yields

�o2þaoiþb0�ckþchk0e�toi ¼ 0

and separating the real and imaginary parts, we have

o2þchk¼ chk cosðotÞ,

resulting in

cos ðotÞ ¼ 1þo2

chk41,

which is meaningless. This proves claim (iii). &

4. Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation

In this section, we investigate B–T bifurcation by using themethod in Section 2. From Theorem 1, we know that, at the origin,the characteristic equation of system (9) has a double zero root ifa0 ¼ chkt, b0 ¼ ckð1�hÞ and k40. So we treat (a,b) as bifurcationparameters near ða0,b0Þ.

Rescaling the time by t-t=t to normalize the delay, system (9)can be written as

_x1ðtÞ ¼ tx2ðtÞ,

_x2ðtÞ ¼�atx2ðtÞ�btx1ðtÞþctf ðx1ðtÞÞ�chtf ðx1ðt�1ÞÞ:

(ð11Þ

Let a¼ a0þm1, b¼ b0þm2 and expand the function f. Then system(11) becomes

_x1ðtÞ ¼ tx2ðtÞ,

_x2ðtÞ ¼�ða0þm1Þtx2ðtÞ�ðb0þm2Þtx1ðtÞþctkx1ðtÞ,

�chtkx1ðt�1ÞþG22þh:o:t:,

8><>: ð12Þ

where

G22 ¼

ctðx21�hx2

1ðt�1ÞÞf 00ð0Þ

ctðx31�hx3

1ðt�1ÞÞf 000ð0Þ

6:

From Section 2, let

ZðyÞ ¼ AdðyÞþBdðyþ1Þ,

where

A¼0 t

ð�b0þckÞt �a0t

!, B¼

0 0

�chtk 0

� �

and define

L0j¼Z 0

�1dZðyÞjðyÞ, 8jAC:

The infinitesimal generator

A0j¼_j, �1ryo0,R 0�1 dZðyÞjðyÞ, y¼ 0:

(

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Rewrite system (12) as

_xt ¼ LðmÞxtþGðxt ,mÞþh:o:t¼ ðL0þL1ðmÞÞxtþGðxt ,mÞþh:o:t,

where

L0xt ¼tx2ð0Þ

�a0tx2ð0Þ�b0tx1ð0Þþctkðx1ð0Þ�hx1ð�1ÞÞ

!,

Gðxt ,mÞ ¼0

G22

!,

L1ðmÞxt ¼0

�m2tx1ð0Þ�m1tx2ð0Þ

!:

Then system (12) can be transformed into

_xt ¼ L0xtþFðxt ,mÞþh:o:t,

where Fðxt ,mÞ ¼ L1ðmÞxtþGðxt ,mÞ, and the bilinear form on Cn� C is

/c,jS¼cð0Þjð0ÞþZ 0

�1cðxþ1ÞBjðxÞ dx,

where FðyÞ ¼ ðj1ðyÞ,j2ðyÞÞAC,

CðsÞ ¼c1ðsÞ

c2ðsÞ

!ACn

are, respectively, the bases for the center space P and its dualspace Pn.

Next we will find the FðyÞ and CðsÞ based on the techniquesdeveloped by [18].

Lemma 1 (see Xu and Huang [18]). The bases of P and its dual space

Pn have the following representations

P¼ spanF, FðyÞ ¼ ðj1ðyÞ,j2ðyÞÞ, �1ryr0,

Pn¼ spanC, CðsÞ ¼ colðc1ðsÞ, c2ðsÞÞ, 0rsr1,

where j1ðyÞ ¼j01ARn

\f0g, j2ðyÞ ¼j02þj0

1y, j02ARn, and c2ðsÞ ¼

c02ARnn

\f0g, c1ðsÞ ¼c01�sc0

2, c01ARnn, which satisfy

ð1Þ ðAþBÞj01 ¼ 0, ð2Þ ðAþBÞj0

2 ¼ ðBþ IÞj01, ð3Þ c0

2ðAþBÞ ¼ 0,

ð4Þ c01ðAþBÞ ¼c0

2ðBþ IÞ, ð5Þ c02j

02�

12c

02Bj0

1þc02Bj0

2 ¼ 1,

ð6Þ c01j

02�

12 c

01Bj0

1þc01Bj0

2þ16 c

02Bj0

1�12c

02Bj0

2 ¼ 0:

So it is not difficult to verify that

FðyÞ ¼1 y0 1

t

!, CðsÞ ¼

m1�n1as m2�n1s

n1a n1

!,

such that _F ¼FJ, _C ¼�JC, /C,FS¼ I, where

J¼0 1

0 0

� �,

and

n1 ¼2a0ð1�hÞ

a20ð1�hÞþb0h

, m1 ¼n1a2

0t3ta0þ6

þ2b0h

a20ð1�hÞþb0h

,

m2 ¼n1a0t

3ta0þ6:

Let x¼Fzþy, namely

x1ðyÞ ¼ z1þyz2þy1ðyÞ, x2ðyÞ ¼1

t z2þy2ðyÞ:

Then

x1ð0Þ ¼ z1þy1ð0Þ, x1ð�1Þ ¼ z1�z2þy1ð�1Þ,

x2ð0Þ ¼1

t z2þy2ð0Þ:

From Section 2, system (12) can be decomposed as

_z ¼ JzþCð0ÞFðFzþy,mÞþh:o:t,

_y ¼ AQ1 yþðI�pÞx0FðFzþy,mÞþh:o:t, zAR2, yAQ1:

(ð13Þ

On the center manifold, system (13) can be written as

_z1 ¼ z2þm1F12þm2F2

2þh:o:t,

_z2 ¼ naF12þnF2

2þh:o:t,

(ð14Þ

where F12 ¼ 0,

F22 ¼�m1z2�m2tz1þ

ctf 00ð0Þ

2z2

1�cthf 00ð0Þ

2ðz1�z2Þ

2

þctf 000ð0Þ

6z3

1�chtf 000ð0Þ

6ðz1�z2Þ

3:

Following the computation of the normal form for functionaldifferential equations introduced by Section 2, we get the normalform with versal unfolding on the center manifold

_z1 ¼ z2,

_z2 ¼ l1z1þl2z2þZ1z21þZ2z1z2þh:o:t,

(ð15Þ

where

l1 ¼�n1tm2, l2 ¼�n1m1�m2tm2,

Z1 ¼n1ctð1�hÞf 00ð0Þ

2, Z2 ¼m2ctð1�hÞf 00ð0Þþn1chtf 00ð0Þ:

If the following condition is satisfied

@ðl1,l2Þ

@ðm1,m2Þ

� ����m ¼ 0

a0, ð16Þ

the map ðm1,m2Þ/ðl1,l2Þ is regular and

n1ctð1�hÞ40, m2ctð1�hÞ40, n1cht40:

Thus we can get the following result:

Theorem 2. Under condition (16), if f 00ð0Þa0, then, on the center

manifold, system (12) is equivalent to the normal form (15), where

Z1 � Z240.

If f 00ð0Þ ¼ 0, then Z1 ¼ 0, Z2 ¼ 0, hence the system (15) is degen-erate, we need to calculate the high order normal form. Followingthe computation of the normal form for functional differentialequations introduced by Section 2, we can get high-order normalform:

_z1 ¼ z2,

_z2 ¼ l1z1þl2z2þZ3z31þZ4z2

1z2þh:o:t,

(ð17Þ

where Z3 ¼ n1ctð1�hÞf 000ð0Þ=6,

Z4 ¼m2ctð1�hÞf 000ð0Þ

n1chtf 000ð0Þ

2:

So we obtain the following result

Theorem 3. Under condition (16), if f 00ð0Þ ¼ 0, f 000ð0Þa0, then, on

the center manifold, system (12) is equivalent to the normal form

(17), where Z3 � Z440.

5. Bifurcation diagrams

In this section, we discuss the bifurcation diagrams of system(9), first we consider the truncated normal form of system (15):

_z1 ¼ z2,

_z2 ¼ l1z1þl2z2þZ1z21þZ2z1z2:

(ð18Þ

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Fig. 1. Bifurcation curve of Theorem 4.

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By introducing the change of variables and rescaling of time

z1 ¼Z1

Z22

x1�l1

Z2

� �, z2 ¼

Z21

Z32

x2, t¼Z2

Z1

t,

system (18) becomes (still using z1, z2 for simplicity)

_z1 ¼ z2,

_z2 ¼ u1þu2z2þz21þz1z2,

(ð19Þ

where

u1 ¼Z2

2

Z21

�Z2

Z1

k1þk2

� �m2þk3m1

� �, u2 ¼

Z2

Z1

Z2

Z1

k1�2k2

� �m2�2k3m1

� �,

k1 ¼�n1t, k2 ¼�m2t, k3 ¼�n1:

The complete bifurcation diagrams of system (19) can befound in [2,5,9]. Here we just briefly list some results.

(i) System (19) undergoes a saddle-node bifurcation on thecurve

S¼ ðu1,u2Þ : u1 ¼u2

2

4

� �,

(ii) system (19) undergoes an unstable Hopf bifurcation on thecurve

H¼ fðu1,u2Þ : u1 ¼ 0, u2o0g,

(iii) system (19) undergoes a saddle homoclinic bifurcation on thecurve

T ¼ ðu1,u2Þ : u1 ¼�6

25u2

2, u2o0

� �:

Applying the above results and using the expressions of u1, u2, weobtain the following result.

Theorem 4. Under condition (16), if f 00ð0Þa0, for sufficiently small

m1, m2,

(i) system (9) undergoes a saddle-node bifurcation on the curve:

S¼ ðm1,m2Þ :Z2

Z1

k1�2k2

� �m1�2k3m2

� �2

¼ 4 �Z2

Z1

k1þk2

� �m1þk3m2

� �( ),

(ii) system (9) undergoes an unstable Hopf bifurcation at the non-

trivial equilibrium on the curve:

H¼ ðm1,m2Þ : �Z2

Z1

k1þk2

� �m1þk3m2 ¼ 0,

Z2

Z1

k1�2k2

� �m1o2k3m2

� �,

(iii) system (9) undergoes a saddle homoclinic bifurcation on the

curve:

T ¼ ðm1,m2Þ : �Z2

Z1

k1þk2

� �m1þk3m2 ¼�

6

25

Z2

Z1

k1�2k2

� �m1�2k3m2

� �2

,

(

Z2

Z1

k1�2k2

� �m1o2k3m2

�:

The bifurcation curve of Theorem 4 is in Fig. 1. Next, we considerthe truncated normal form of system (17)

_z1 ¼ z2,

_z2 ¼ l1z1þl2z2þZ3z31þZ4z2

1z2:

(ð20Þ

In order to put system (20) in an appropriate form, we make thetransformation

x1 ¼Z4ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi9Z39

q z1, x2 ¼�Z2

4

9Z39ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi9Z39

q z2, t¼�9Z39Z4

t,

bring system (20) into (still using z1, z2 for simplicity)

_z1 ¼ z2,

_z2 ¼ v1z1þv2z2þsz31�z2

1z2,

(ð21Þ

where s¼ sgnðZ3Þ, v1 ¼ ðZ4=Z3Þ2l1 ¼ ðZ4=Z3Þ

2k1m2, v2 ¼�ðZ4=

9Z39Þ l2 ¼�ðZ4=9Z39Þðk2m2þk3m1Þ:

The complete bifurcation diagrams of system (21) can befound in [2,5,9]. Here we just briefly list some results:

when s¼1,(i) system (21) undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation on the curve:

S¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v1 ¼ 0, v2ARg,

(ii) system (21) undergoes a Hopf bifurcation at the trivialequilibrium on the curve:

H¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v2 ¼ 0, v1o0g,

(iii) system (21) undergoes a heteroclinic bifurcation on thecurve:

T ¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v2 ¼�15v1þOðv2

1Þ, v1o0g:

Applying the above results and using the expressions of v1, v2, weobtain the following results.

Theorem 5. Under condition (16), if f 00ð0Þ ¼ 0 and f 000ð0Þ40, for

sufficiently small m1,m2,

(i)

system (9) undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation on the curve:

S¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m2 ¼ 0, m1ARg,

(ii)

system (9) undergoes a stable Hopf bifurcation at the trivial

equilibrium on the curve:

H¼ ðm1,m2Þ : m2 ¼�k3

k2m1, m240

� �,

(iii)

system (9) undergoes a heteroclinic bifurcation on the curve:

T ¼ ðm1,m2Þ : m2 ¼5Z3k3

Z4k1�5Z3k2m1þOðm2

2Þ, m240

� �:

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Fig. 3. Bifurcation curve of Theorem 6.

5

6

7

x1x2

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The bifurcation curve of Theorem 5 is in Fig. 2. For system (21),when s¼�1,

Fig. 2. Bifurcation curve of Theorem 5.

4

(i)

2

3x

system (21) undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation on the curve

S¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v1 ¼ 0, v2ARg,

(ii)

0

1

system (21) undergoes an unstable Hopf bifurcation at thenon-trivial equilibrium on the curve

H¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v2 ¼ v1, v140g,

−1

(iii)

0 50 100 150 200 250t

system (21) undergoes homoclinic bifurcation on the curve

T ¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v2 ¼45v1þOðv2

1Þ, v140g,

Fig. 4. Waveform plot of the variable x of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:213,m2 ¼ 0:05.

(iv) system (21) undergoes a double cycle bifurcation on thecurve

Hd ¼ fðv1,v2Þ : v2 ¼ dv1þOðv21Þ, v140, d 0:752g:

Applying the above results and using the expressions ofv1, v2, we obtain the following results.

Theorem 6. Under condition (16), if f 00ð0Þ ¼ 0 and f 000ð0Þo0, for

sufficiently small m1, m2,

(i)

system (9) undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation on the curve:

S¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m2 ¼ 0, m1ARg,

(ii)

system (9) undergoes an unstable Hopf bifurcation at the non-

trivial equilibrium on the curve:

H¼ ðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼k1Z4�k2Z3

k3Z3

m2, m2o0

� �,

(iii)

system (9) undergoes homoclinic bifurcation on the curve:

T ¼ ðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼4k1Z4�5k2Z3

5k3Z3

m2þOðm22Þ, m2o0

� �,

(iv)

system (9) undergoes a double cycle bifurcation on the curve:

Hd ¼ ðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼dk1Z4�k2Z3

k3Z3

m2þOðm22Þ, m2o0, d 0:752

� �:

The bifurcation curve of Theorem 6 is in Fig. 3.

6. Numerical simulations

In this section, we give some examples to verify the theoreticalresults. For system (9), we fix h¼0.5, c¼2, t¼ 1. Then wecalculate n1 ¼ 1, m2 ¼

19, k1 ¼�1, k2 ¼�

19, k3 ¼�1, Z2=Z1 ¼

209 ,

Z4=Z3 ¼103 .

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−1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7−0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

x1

x 2

Fig. 5. Phase portraits of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:213,m2 ¼ 0:05.

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500−1.5

−1

−0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

t

x

x1x2

Fig. 6. Waveform plot of the variable x of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:02111,m2 ¼�0:01.

−1.5 −1 −0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3−0.05

0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

x1

x 2

Fig. 7. Phase portraits of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:02111,m2 ¼�0:01.

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Example 1. This example supports the result of Theorem 4. Forsystem (9), we fix f ðsÞ ¼ tanhðsÞþ0:01s2, and we get a0 ¼ 1, b0 ¼ 1.By the condition (i) of Theorem 4, system (9) undergoes a saddle-node bifurcation on the curve S¼ fðm1,m2Þ : ðm1�m2Þ

2¼ 19

9 m1�m2g,and there should exist a non-trivial node and the origin is a saddlepoint. If we set m1 ¼�0:213, m2 ¼ 0:05, Figs. 4 and 5 verify thisresult. By the condition (ii) of Theorem 4, system (9) undergoes anunstable Hopf bifurcation on the curve H¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼

2:1111m2, m24m1g. We set m1 ¼�0:02111, m2 ¼�0:01. and thesystem (9) has two equilibrium points E1 ¼ ð0;0Þ andE2 ¼ ð�0:09,0Þ, and an unstable limit cycle exists through theHopf bifurcation near E2. Figs. 6 and 7 verify this result.

Example 2. This example demonstrates the result of Theorem 5.For system (9), we set f ðsÞ ¼ tanhðsÞþ2

3s3. By the condition (i) ofTheorem 5, system (9) undergoes a pitchfork bifurcation on thecurve S¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼ 0, m2ARg. If we set m1 ¼ 0:01, m2 ¼ 0:001,there should exist two stable non-trivial equilibria and theorigin is unstable. Fig. 8 shows the good agreement with the

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000−0.4

−0.3

−0.2

−0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

t

xx1x2

Fig. 8. Waveform plot of the variable x of system (9) for m1 ¼ 0:01,m2 ¼ 0:001.

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000−0.3

−0.2

−0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

t

x

x1x2

Fig. 9. Waveform plot of the variable x of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:0001,m2 ¼ 0:0009.

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−0.3 −0.2 −0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4−0.03

−0.02

−0.01

0

0.01

0.02

0.03

x1

x 2

Fig. 10. Phase portraits of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:0001,m2 ¼ 0:0009.

−0.4 −0.3 −0.2 −0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3−0.02

−0.015

−0.01

−0.005

0

0.005

0.01

0.015

0.02

x1

x 2

Fig. 11. Phase portraits of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:025556,m2 ¼�0:01.

Fig. 12. Phase portraits of system (9) for m1 ¼�0:00043,m2 ¼�0:00018.

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theoretical analysis. By the condition (ii) of Theorem 5, system (9)undergoes a stable Hopf bifurcation at the origin on the curveH¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m2 ¼�9m1, m1o0g, If we set m1 ¼�0:0001 andm2 ¼ 0:0009, a stable limit cycle exists through the Hopf bifurca-tion near the origin. Figs. 9 and 10 verify this result.

Example 3. This example supports the result of Theorem 6. Forsystem (9), we fix f ðsÞ ¼ tanhðsÞ. From Theorem 6, system (9) under-goes homoclinic bifurcation on the curve H¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼

2:5556m2þOðm22Þ, m2o0g, If we set m1 ¼�0:025556 and m2 ¼

�0:01, a closed orbit exists through the homoclinic bifurcation andthree equilibria of system (9) are in the closed orbit, and twohomoclinic orbits emerge from the origin in Fig. 11. System (9)also undergoes a double limit cycle bifurcation on the curveHd ¼ fðm1,m2Þ : m1 ¼ 2:3956m2þOðm2

2Þ,m2o0g. Fix m1 ¼�0:00043and m2 ¼�0:00018. Fig. 12 verifies this result.

7. Conclusion

A single delayed neuron model with inertial term has beenstudied in the neighborhood of Bogdanov–Takens codimension-two bifurcation point where the linear part of the system hasdouble zero eigenvalues. By applying normal form theory andcenter manifold reduction, we are able to predict their corre-sponding bifurcation diagrams such as saddle-node bifurcation,pitchfork bifurcation, homoclinic bifurcation, heteroclinic bifurca-tion and double limit cycle bifurcation.

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Xing He received the B.Sc. degree in mathematics andapplied mathematics from the Department of Mathe-matics, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, in 2009.Currently, he is working towards the Ph.D degree withthe college of computer science, Chongqing University,Chongqing, China. His research interests includeneural network, bifurcation theory, and nonlineardynamical system.

Chuandong Li received the B.S. degree in AppliedMathematics from Sichuan University, Chengdu, Chinain 1992, and the M.S. degree in operational researchand control theory and Ph.D. degree in ComputerSoftware and Theory from Chongqing University,Chongqing, China, in 2001 and in 2005, respectively.

He has been a Professor at the College of ComputerScience, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030,China, since 2007, and been the IEEE Senior membersince 2010. From November 2006 to November 2008,he serves as a research fellow in the Department ofManufacturing Engineering and Engineering Manage-

ment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

His current research interest covers iterative learning control of time-delaysystems, neural networks, chaos control and synchronization, and impulsivedynamical systems.

Yonglu Shu received the B.S. degree in mathematicsand the M.S. degree in applied mathematics fromSichuan University, Chengdu, China, in 1985 and1989, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engi-neering from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China,in 2004. He is currently a Professor with the School ofMathematics and Statistics, Chongqing University,Chongqing, China. He is the author or coauthor ofabout 30 referred international journal. His researchinterests include nonlinear dynamical systems; analy-sis, control and synchronization of chaotic dynamicalsystem; dynamics of linear operators.