Local bifurcations in a class of piecewise-smooth Filippov systems with a nonregular switching curve via a nonlinear double regularization process

Abstract

We are interested in analyzing the preservation of bifurcations in a class of piecewise smooth vector fields with a nonregular switching set under a smoothing process that approximates them by smooth vector fields. We examine cases in which the codimension is either preserved or altered, as well as whether the generic nature of the bifurcation is maintained.