Abstract
We use methods from dynamical systems to study the fourth Painleve equation P IV . Our starting point is the symmetric form of P IV , to which the Poincare compactification is applied. The motion on the sphere at infinity can be completely characterized. There are fourteen fixed points, which are classified into three different types. Generic orbits of the full system are curves from one of four asymptotically unstable points to one of four asymptotically stable points, with the set of allowed transitions depending on the values of the parameters. This allows us to give a qualitative description of a generic real solution of P IV .
Original language | English |
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Article number | 145201 |
Journal | Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Painleve equations
- dynamical systems
- fixed points