When an oscillating center in an open system undergoes power law decay

Abstract

We have probed the condition of periodic oscillation in a class of two variable nonlinear dynamical open systems modeled with Lienard-Levinson-Smith(LLS) equation which can be a limit cycle, center or a very slowly decaying center type oscillation. Using a variety of examples of open systems like Glycolytic oscillator, Lotka-Volterra(L-V) model, a generalised van der Pol oscillator and a time delayed nonlinear feedback oscillation as a non-autonomous system, each of which contains a family of periodic orbits, we have solved LLS systems in terms of a multi-scale perturbation theory using Krylov-Bogoliubov(K-B) method and it is utilised to characterise the size and shape of the limit cycle and center as well as the approach to their steady state dynamics. We have shown the condition when the average scaled radius of a center undergoes a power law decay with exponent 1/2.