Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Get your pitchforks out everyone, because this video is about pitchfork bifurcations, and is another continuation to the Bifurcations videos in my Nonlinear Dynamics series!

There are two types of pitchfork bifurcations: supercritical and subcritical. Supercritical bifurcations are bifurcations in which varying a parameter changes the stability of one fixed point from stable to unstable, and causes two stable fixed points to appear. A subcritical bifurcation is the opposite, in that an unstable fixed point becomes stable, while two new unstable fixed points appear after crossing the bifurcation point.

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