Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics 4(1) (2015) 1–9
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Disappearance of Resonance Tongues Rocio E. Ruelas1†and Richard H. Rand2 1 Center
for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA of Mathematics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA 2 Department
Submission Info Communicated by A.C.J. Luo Received 4 March 2014 Accepted 20 April 2014 Available online 1 April 2015 Keywords Resonance Parametric excitation Tongue of instability 2:1 subharmonic
1 Introduction This paper concerns parametric resonance,which may be described as a 2:1 subharmonic resonance commonly occurring in systems of O.D.E.’s which involve periodic coefficients. The paradigm example is given by Mathieu’s equation, d2x + (δ + ε cos 2t)x = 0. (1) dt 2 When δ =1 and ε =0 Eq. (1) exhibits a periodic solution of period 2π . When δ is close to 1 and ε >0, Eq. (1) exhibits a tongue of instability in the δ -ε parameter plane, see Fig.1. A perturbation analysis valid for ε