Torus Bifurcation Under Discretization

Parameterized dynamical systems with a simple zero eigenvalue and a couple of purely imaginary eigenvalues are considered. It is proved that this type of eigen-structure leads to torus bifurcation under certain nondegenerate conditions. We show that the discrete systems, obtained by discretizing the ODEs using symmetric, eigen-structure preserving schemes, inherit the similar torus bifurcation properties. Predholm theory in Banach spaces is applied to obtain the global torus bifurcation. Our results complement those on the study of discretization effects of global bifurcation.