Differential EquationsSuperchallengeExistence, Uniqueness & Bifurcations
Existence, Uniqueness & Bifurcations · Superchallenge problem
The state of a system obeys , and the parameter is swept very slowly: up from a large negative value to a large positive value and back. The state tracks a stable equilibrium until that equilibrium disappears in a saddle-node bifurcation, then jumps straight (at constant ) to the other stable branch. In the -plane the path traces a closed hysteresis loop. Find the area enclosed by the loop.