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Abstract

A new bifurcation critical criterion of flip-Neimark-Sacker bifurcation is proposed for detecting or anticontrolling this type of codimension-two bifurcation of discrete systems in a general sense. The criterion is built on the properties of coefficients of characteristic equations instead of the properties of eigenvalues of Jacobian matrix of nonlinear system, which is formulated using a set of simple equalities and inequalities consisting of the coefficients of characteristic polynomial equation. The inequality conditions enable us to easily pick off the fake parameter domain whereas the equality conditions are used to accurately locate the critical bifurcation point. In particular, after the bifurcation parameter piont is determined, the inequality conditions can be used to figure out the feasible region of other system parameters. Thus, the criterion is suitable for two-parameterized family of -dimensional discrete systems. As compared with the classical critical criterion (or definition) of flip-Neimark-Sacker bifurcation stated in terms of the properties of eigenvalues, the proposed criterion is preferable in anticontrolling or detecting the existence of flip-Neimark-Sacker bifurcation in high-dimension nonlinear systems, due to its explicit parameter mechanism of the bifurcation.