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7 OSCILLATIONS AND CYCLES 55<br />
The general solution of this second or<strong>de</strong>r linear differential equation is<br />
x (θ) = GM<br />
l 2 (1 + e cos (θ − θ 0 )) ,<br />
for some constants e and θ 0 . Back to the original radial variable we get the solution<br />
ρ (θ) =<br />
l 2 /GM<br />
1 + e cos (θ − θ 0 ) ,<br />
Hence, orbits are conic sections with eccentricity (“excentrici<strong>da</strong><strong>de</strong>” ) e and focus at the origin: an<br />
ellipse for 0 ≤ e < 1 (corresponding to negative energy, hence to planets, and this is Kepler’s first<br />
law), a parabola for e = 1 (corresponding to zero energy), an hyperbola for e > 1 (corresponding<br />
to positive energy). .<br />
The 3-body problem and chaos.<br />
18<br />
“Que lon cherche à se représenter la figure formée par ces <strong>de</strong>ux courbes et leurs intersections<br />
en nombre infini <strong>do</strong>nt chacune correspond à une solution <strong>do</strong>ublement asymptotique,<br />
ces intersections forment une sorte <strong>de</strong> treillis, <strong>de</strong> tissu, <strong>de</strong> réseau à mailles<br />
infiniment serrées ; chacune <strong>de</strong> ces courbes ne <strong>do</strong>it jamais se recouper elle-même, mais<br />
elle <strong>do</strong>it se replier elle-même dune manière très complexe pour venir couper une infinité<br />
<strong>de</strong> fois toutes les mailles du réseau. On sera frappé <strong>de</strong> la complexité <strong>de</strong> cette<br />
figure, que je ne cherche même pas à tracer. Rien nest plus propre à nous <strong>do</strong>nner<br />
une idée <strong>de</strong> la complication du problème <strong>de</strong>s trois corps et, en général, <strong>de</strong> tous les<br />
problèmes <strong>de</strong> dynamique òu il ny a pas d’intégrale uniforme et òu les séries <strong>de</strong> Bohlin<br />
sont divergentes.”<br />
7.4 Cycles in chemistry and biology<br />
Henri Poincaré, 1884. 19<br />
Lotka-Volterra pre<strong>da</strong>tor-prey mo<strong>de</strong>l. The Lotka-Volterra mo<strong>de</strong>l is the system of coupled<br />
first or<strong>de</strong>r differential equations<br />
ẋ = ax − bxy<br />
ẏ = −cy + dxy<br />
<strong>de</strong>fined for positive x and y, where the parameters a, b, c, d are positive constants. These equations,<br />
proposed by the physical chemist Alfred Lotka and by the mathematician Vito Volterra between<br />
1925 and 1926, mo<strong>de</strong>l the population dynamics of two species, x preys and y pre<strong>da</strong>tor, in the<br />
same territory. Preys increase exponentially at rate a and are killed at rate proportional to the<br />
probability of beeing captured by a pre<strong>da</strong>tor, while pre<strong>da</strong>tors <strong>de</strong>crease exponentially at rate c and<br />
increase at rate proportional to the probability of capturing preys.<br />
Discuss the possible dynamics <strong>de</strong>pending on the values of the parameters.<br />
Van <strong>de</strong>r Pols. Consi<strong>de</strong>re o oscila<strong>do</strong>r <strong>de</strong> van <strong>de</strong>r Pol 20<br />
¨q − µ(1 − q 2 ) ˙q + q = 0<br />
que mo<strong>de</strong>la a corrente num circuito com um elemento não-linear.<br />
18 A palavra grega χαoς, que po<strong>de</strong> ser traduzi<strong>da</strong> como “abismo”, contém a mesma base χα- (e probabilmente<br />
<strong>de</strong>riva <strong>de</strong>) <strong>do</strong>s verbos χαινειν e χασχειν, que significam ”abrir-se”, “escancarar”, e “abrir a boca”, “bocejar” (cfr.<br />
χασµα, “abismo”). Foi utiliza<strong>da</strong> em algumas cosmogonias gregas para indicar “a mistura <strong>de</strong>sor<strong>de</strong>na<strong>da</strong> <strong>de</strong> elementos<br />
anterior à formação <strong>do</strong> χoσµoσ, o universo or<strong>de</strong>na<strong>do</strong>”.<br />
19 H. Poincaré, Sur le problème <strong>de</strong> trois corps et les équations <strong>de</strong> la dynamique, Œuvres, volume VII, Gauthier<br />
Villars 1951.<br />
20 B. van <strong>de</strong>r Pol, A theory of the amplitu<strong>de</strong> of free and forced trio<strong>de</strong> vibrations, Radio Review 1 (1920), 701-710<br />
and 754-762. B. van <strong>de</strong>r Pol and J. van <strong>de</strong>r Mark, Frequency <strong>de</strong>multiplication, Nature 120 (1927), 363-364.