Dynamic Bifurcation of Nonautonomous Evolution Equations: Invariant Manifold Methods

Abstract

In this paper, we use the global invariant manifold and the reduced singular cohomology groups method, which is different from those in the literature, to study the dynamic bifurcation from infinity of the nonautonomous evolution equation in terms of invariant sets by applying the Conley index theory (due to Rybakowski). We first establish a nonautonomous global invariant manifold for the abstract equation, which allows us to reduce the original system to this finite-dimensional manifold. Then, a homotopy between the reduced equation and a product flow is constructed. Finally, by considering the reduced singular cohomology theory of the Conley index, we establish our main theorems on dynamic bifurcations from infinity for this nonautonomous equation. As an example, a nonautonomous parabolic equation on unbounded domains is considered. Some new detailed results on bifurcations from infinity of the parabolic equation under an appropriate Landesman-Lazer type condition are proved, including the existence of a nonautonomous Morse decomposition, and improving the earlier works in the literature.