Research article

Examining EMTALA in the era of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act

  • Received: 24 May 2018 Accepted: 21 September 2018 Published: 08 October 2018
  • Background: Little is known regarding the characteristics of hospitals that violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This study addresses this gap by examining EMTALA settlements from violating hospitals and places these descriptive results within the current debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Methods: We conducted a content analysis of all EMTALA Violations that resulted in civil monetary penalty settlements from 2002–2015 and created a dataset describing the nature of each settlement. These data were then matched with Thomson Healthcare hospital data. We then present descriptive statistics of each settlement over time, plot settlements by type of violation, and provide the geographic distribution of settlements. Results: Settlements resulting from EMTALA violations decreased from a high of 46 in 2002 to a low of 6 in 2015, a decline of 87%. Settlements resulting from violations most commonly occurred for failure to screen and failure to stabilize patients in need of emergency care. Settlements were most common in hospitals in the South (48%) and in urban areas (74%). Among Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) with a violation, the majority (62%) were located in the South or in urban areas (65%). Violating hospitals incurred annual settlements of $31,734 on average, for a total $5,299,500 over the study period. Conclusions: EMTALA settlements declined prior to and after the implementation of the ACA and were most common in the South and in urban areas. EMTALA’s status as an unfunded mandate, scheduled cuts to DSH payments and efforts to repeal the ACA threaten the financial viability of safety-net hospitals and could result in an increase of EMTALA violations. Policymakers should be cognizant of the interplay between the ACA and complementary laws, such as EMTALA, when considering changes to the law.

    Citation: Ryan M. McKenna, Jonathan Purtle, Katherine L. Nelson, Dylan H. Roby, Marsha Regenstein, Alexander N. Ortega. Examining EMTALA in the era of the patient protection and Affordable Care Act[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2018, 5(4): 366-377. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2018.4.366

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    1. Introduction

    Many differential equations have been proposed (see [8,11,13], [17]-[19], [21]-[22], [24,27] and references therein) to model the dynamic changes of substrate concentration and product one in enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Among those models, a typical form ([7]) is the following skeletal system

    $ \left\{ ˙x=vV1(x,y)V3(x),˙y=q(V1(x,y)V2(y)),
    \right. \label{sp0} $
    (1)

    where $x$ and $y$ denote the concentrations of the substrate and the product respectively, $v$ and $q$ are both positive constants, $V_1(x, y)$ and $V_2(y)$ denote the enzyme reaction rate and the output rate of the product respectively and satisfy that

    $ V_{1}(0, y)=0, ~~ \partial V_{1}/\partial x>0, ~~ \partial V_{1}/\partial y>0, ~~ V_2(y)\geq0, ~~ \forall x, y>0, $

    and $V_3(x)$ denotes the branched-enzyme reaction rate. Figure 1 shows the scheme of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction which comprises a branched network from the substrate. In Figure 1, $S$ and $P$ represent the substrate and product, respectively, and $E_1, E_2$ and $E_3$ are the three enzymes.

    Figure 1. Reaction scheme.

    The case that $V_3(x)\equiv0$ in system (1), which represents an unbranched reaction, has been discussed extensively in [1,6,7,9,20]. Recently, more efforts were made to the case that $V_3(x)\not\equiv0$. One of the efforts ([12,23]) is made for $V_1(x, y)=x^my^n, V_2(y)=y$ and $V_3(x)=lx$ and $v=1$, with which system (1) reduces to

    $ \left\{ ˙x=1xmynlx,˙y=q(xmyny),
    \right. $

    called the multi-molecular reaction model sometimes, where $m, n\geq1$ are integers and $l\geq0$ is real. All local bifurcations of this system such as saddle-node bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation and Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation were discussed in [12] and [23]. Reference [15] is concerned with the case that $V_1(x, y)=\gamma x^my^n$, $V_3(x)=\beta x$, $q=1$ and $V_2(y)$ is a saturated reaction rate, i.e., $V_2(y)=v_2y/(\mu_2+y)$, with which (1) reduces to

    $ \left\{ ˙x=vγxmynβx,˙y=γxmynv2yμ2+y,
    \right. $

    where $v, \gamma>0, {\mu}_{2}, v_2$ and $\beta\geq0$. Results on existence and nonexistence of periodic solutions on Hopf bifurcation were obtained in [15] with $n=1$ and $\beta=0$. When $V_2(y)$ and $V_3(x)$ are both saturated reaction rates, system (1) was considered in [16] as

    $ \left\{ ˙x=vV1(x,y)v3xu3+x,˙y=q(V1(x,y)v2yu2+y)
    \right. $

    with $V_1(x, y)=v_1x(1+x)(1+y)^2/[L+(1+x)^2(1+y)^2]$, where $L$ is the allosteric constant of $E_1$. Varying the parameter $v_2$ but fixing the other parameters, Liu ([16]) investigated numerically how the enzyme saturation affects the emergence of dynamical behaviors such as the change from a stable oscillatory state to a divergent state. Later, Davidson and Liu ([3]) discussed the saddle-node bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation and the global bifurcation corresponding to the appearance of homoclinic orbit. When $V_2(y)$ and $V_3(x)$ are both saturated reaction rates, system (1) was also considered in [4] as

    $ \label{sp1} \left\{ ˙x=vv1xyv3xu3+x,˙y=q(v1xyv2yu2+y)
    \right. $
    (2)

    with $V_1(x, y)=v_{1}xy$. With a change of variables $x=u_{3} \tilde{x}, \ y=u_{2}\tilde{y}$ and the time rescaling $t\to v_{1}^{-1}\mu_{2}^{-1}t$, system (2) can be written as

    $ \left\{ ˙x=axybx1+x,˙y=κy(xc1+y),
    \right. \label{xy0} $
    (3)

    where we still use $x$, $y$ to present $\tilde{x}$, $\tilde{y}$ and take notations $a:=v_{1}^{-1}u_{3}^{-1}u_{2}^{-1}v$, $b:=v_{1}^{-1}u_{3}^{-1}u_{2}^{-1}v_{3}$, $c:=v_{1}^{-1}u_{3}^{-1}u_{2}^{-1}v_{2}$ and $\kappa:=u_{2}^{-1}q u_{3}$ for positive constants. Actually, system (3) is orbitally equivalent to the following quartic polynomial differential system

    $ \left\{ ˙x=(1+y){(1+x)(axy)bx},˙y=κ(1+x)y{(1+y)xc},
    \right. \label{xy1} $
    (4)

    in the first quadrant ${\mathcal Q}_+:=\{(x, y):x\ge0, y\ge0\}$ by a time scaling $d\tau=(x+1)(y+1)dt$. In [4] Davidson, Xu and Liu discussed the case that $k=1$ and $a<c$, where the system has at most two equilibria, giving the existence of limit cycles (by the Poincaré-Bendixson Theorem seen in [10] or [26]) and the non-existence of periodic orbits (by the Dulac Criterion seen in [10] or [26]), proving the uniqueness of limit cycles (by reducing to the form of Liénard system) with some restrictions, and illustrating with the software AUTO saddle-node bifurcation, transcritical bifurcation and Hopf bifurcation for fixed $\kappa=1, b=1.5$ and $c=5$. Recently, the general case that $\kappa, a, b, c>0$ was discussed in [27], where all codimension-one bifurcations such as saddle-node, transcritical and pitchfork bifurcations were investigated and the weak focus was proved to be of at most order $2$.

    In this paper we continue the work of [27] to give conditions for the existence of a cusp and compute the parameter curves for the Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation, which induces the appearance of homoclinic orbits and periodic orbits, indicating the tendency to steady-states or a rise of periodic oscillations for the concentrations of the substrate and product.


    2. Condition for cusp

    It is proved in [27] that system (4) has at most 3 equilibria, i.e., $E_0: (a/(b-a), 0)$, $E_1:(p_1, c/p_1-1)$ and $E_2:(p_2, c/p_2-1)$, where

    $ p1:=12{(abc+1)[(abc+1)24(ac)]1/2},p2:=12{(abc+1)+[(abc+1)24(ac)]1/2}.
    \label{p12} $
    (5)

    Moreover, if $a=a_*:=c+(b^{1/2}-1)^2$, then $E_1$ and $E_2$ coincide into one, i.e., the equilibrium $E_*: (b^{1/2}-1, c(b^{1/2}+1)/(b-1)-1)$. There are found in [27] totally 6 bifurcation surfaces

    $ TE0:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=bc/(1+c),b(c+1)2}:=4i=1T(i)E0,PE0:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=bc/(1+c),b=(c+1)2},HE1:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|κ=κ1,bc/(1+c)<a<c,0<b1}{(a,b,c,κ)R4+|κ=κ1,bc/(1+c)<a<c+(b1/21)2,1<b<(c+1)2},SNE:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=a, 1<b<(c+1)2,κκ}:=4i=1SN(i)E,B1:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=c},B2:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=b},
    $

    which divide $\mathbb{R}_+^4:=\{(a, b, c, \kappa): a>0, b>0, c>0, \kappa>0\}$ into 8 subregions

    $ R1:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|c<a<a,1<b<c,c>1,  or  b<a<a,c<b<(c+1)2/4,c>1},R2:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|b<a<c,0<b<c}R3:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|bc/(1+c)<a<b,0<b<c  or  bc/(1+c)<a<c,c<b<c+1},R4:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|0<a<bc/(1+c),0<b<c+1  or  0<a<c,b>c+1},R5:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|c<a<bc/(1+c),b>c+1},R6:={(a,b,c,κ)R4|c<a<b,c<b<(c+1),c>3  or  bc/(1+c)<a<b,c+1<b<(c+1)2/4,c>3  or  bc/(1+c)<a<a,(c+1)2/4<b<(c+1)2,c>3  or  c<a<b,c<b<(c+1)2/4,1<c3  or  c<a<a,(c+1)2/4<b<c+1,1<c3  or  bc/(1+c)<a<c+(b1/21)2,(c+1)<b<(c+1)2,c3  or  c<a<a,1<b<c+1,c1},R7:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|c+(b1/21)2<a<b,(c+1)2/4<b<(c+1)2,c>1  or  bc/(1+c)<a<b,b>(c+1)2  or  c<a<b,c<b<1,c1  or  c+(b1/21)2<a<b,1<b<(c+1)2,c1},R0:=R4+{PE0SNETE0(2i=1Bi)B(7i=1Ri)},
    $

    where

    $ T(1)E0:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=bc/(1+c),0<b<c+1},T(2)E0:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=bc/(1+c),c+1<b<(c+1)2},T(3)E0:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=bc/(1+c),b>(c+1)2},T(4)E0:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=bc/(1+c),b=c+1},SN(1)E:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=a, 1<b<(c+1)2/4,c>1,κκ},SN(2)E:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=a, b=(c+1)2/4,c>1,κκ},SN(3)E:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=a, (c+1)2/4<b<(c+1)2,c>1,κκ},SN(4)E:={(a,b,c,κ)R4+|a=a, 1<b<(c+1)2,c1,κκ},κ1:=p21{(p1+1)(cp1)}1c{p1(cp1)+a},κ:=(cb1/2+1)1(b1/21)2c2.
    \label{pa0k0} $
    (6)

    The following lemma is a summary of Theorems 1, 2 and 3 of [27].

    Lemma 2.1. (ⅰ) System (4) has a saddle-node $E_0$ if $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal T}_{E_0}\cup{\mathcal P}_{E_0}$. Moreover, as $(a, b, c, \kappa)$ crosses either ${\mathcal T}_{E_0}^{(1)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_3$ to ${\mathcal R}_4$, ${\mathcal T}_{E_0}^{(2)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_6$ to ${\mathcal R}_5$, or ${\mathcal T}_{E_0}^{(4)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_6$ to ${\mathcal R}_4$, a saddle $E_0$ and a stable (resp. unstable) node $E_1$ merge into a stable node $E_0$ on the boundary of the first quadrant ${\mathcal Q}_+$ for $\kappa<\kappa_1$(resp. $\kappa>\kappa_1$) through a transcritical bifurcation; as $(a, b, c, \kappa)$ crosses ${\mathcal T}_{E_0}^{(3)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_5$ to ${\mathcal R}_7$, a stable node $E_0$ and a saddle $E_2$ merge into a saddle $E_0$ on the boundary of ${\mathcal Q}_+$ through a transcritical bifurcation; as $(a, b, c, \kappa)$ crosses ${\mathcal P}_{E_0}$ from ${\mathcal R}_7$ to ${\mathcal R}_5$, a saddle $E_0$ changes into a stable node $E_0$, a saddle $E_2$ through a pitchfork bifurcation at $E_0$ on the boundary of ${\mathcal Q}_+$.

    (ⅱ) System (4) has a weak focus $E_1$ of at most order 2 for $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal H}_{E_1}$, which is of order $\ell$ exactly and produces at most $\ell$ limit cycles through Hopf bifurcations as $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal H}_{E_1}^{(\ell)}$, $\ell=1, 2$, where ${\mathcal H}_{E_1}^{(1)}:={\mathcal H}_{E_1}\backslash{\mathcal H}_{E_1}^{(2)}$ and

    $ H(2)E1:={(a,b,c,κ)HE1:2p1(p1+1)a3+{(p21+p1+1)c2+p1(2p21+p12)c3p31(p1+1)}a2(cp1){(p31+3p21+p1+1)c2+2p21(p21+3p1+3)c+3p41(p1+1)}a+p21{(p1+2)c+p21}{cp1(p1+1)}(cp1)2=0}.
    $

    (ⅲ) System (4) has a saddle-node $E_*$ if $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal SN}_{E_*}$. Moreover, as $(a, b, c, \kappa)$ crosses either ${\mathcal SN}_{E_*}^{(1)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_0$ to ${\mathcal R}_1$, ${\mathcal SN}_{E_*}^{(2)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_0$ to ${\mathcal R}_6$, or ${\mathcal SN}_{E_*}^{(3)}\cup{\mathcal SN}_{E_*}^{(4)}$ from ${\mathcal R}_7$ to ${\mathcal R}_6$, a stable (resp. unstable) node $E_1$ and a saddle $E_2$ arise through a saddle-node bifurcation for $\kappa<\kappa_1$(resp. $\kappa>\kappa_1$).

    The above Lemma 2.1 does not consider parameters in the set

    $ \mathcal{B} := \{(a, b, c, \kappa)\in \mathbb{R}_+^4| a=a_*, ~1<b<(c+1)^2, \kappa=\kappa_*\}, \label{BT} $ (7)

    where $a_*$ is given below (5) and $\kappa_*$ is given in (6). $\mathcal{B}$ is actually the intersection of the saddle-node bifurcation surface ${\mathcal SN}_{E_*}$ and the Hopf bifurcation surface ${\mathcal H}_{E_1}$, which are described by the curves $\widehat{{\mathcal SN}_{E_*}}$ and $\widehat{{\mathcal H}_{E_1}}$ respectively on the section $\{(a, b, c, \kappa)\in \mathbb{R}_+^4 | b=2, ~c=1\}$ in Figure 2. The intersection of $\widehat{{\mathcal SN}_{E_*}}$ and $\widehat{{\mathcal H}_{E_1}}$ indicates ${\mathcal B}$.

    Figure 2. Bifurcation surfaces projection on the $(a, \kappa)$-plane.

    This paper is devoted to bifurcations in $\mathcal{B}$. For $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in \mathcal{B}$, equilibrium $E_*$ is degenerate with two zero eigenvalues. In the following lemma we prove that $E_*$ is a cusp.

    Lemma 2.2. If $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in \mathcal{B}\backslash\mathcal{C}$, where

    $ \mathcal{C}:=\big\{(a, b, c, \kappa)\in \mathcal{B} | c=\varsigma(b):=\frac{1}{4b^{1/2}}(b^{1/2}-1)\{b^{1/2}+2+(17b-12b^{1/2}+4)^{1/2}\}\big\}, $

    then equilibrium $E_*$ is a cusp in system (4).

    Proof. For simplicity in statements, we use the notation

    $ p:=b^{1/2}-1. \label{p} $ (8)

    For $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in{\mathcal B}$, system (4) can be transformed into the form

    $ \left\{ ˙x=y+c(p2+cp+c)p3x2+1p+1xypc2(p+1)y2c(p2+c)p4x3p2+2pc+2cp2c(p+1)x2y2p+1c2(p+1)2xy2c2p4x42p2(p+1)x3y1c2(p+1)2x2y2,˙y=c3(p+1)p3x2c2(p+1)p2(cp)xy1cpy2(p+1)(p2+c)p5(cp)x3c(p2+2pc+2c)p3(cp)x2y2p+1p(p+1)(cp)xy2c4(p+1)p5(cp)x42c2p3(cp)x3y1p(p+1)(cp)x2y2,
    \right. \label{bt0} $
    (9)

    by translating $E_*$ to the origin $O$ and Jordanizing the linear part of system (4). For convenience, introducing new variables $(x, y)\mapsto (u, v)$, where $u=x$ and $v$ denotes the right-hand side of the first equation in (9), we change (9) into the Kukles form

    $ \left\{ ˙u=v,˙v=c3(p+1)p3u2+c{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}p3(cp)uv+c2p1(p+1)(cp)v2+c3(p2+c)p4(cp)u3c{(p+1)(p+3)c2+p(p23p3)cp3(3p+2)}p4(p+1)(cp)u2v(5p2+8p+4)c+2p2(p+1)cp2(p+1)2uv21c2(p+1)v3c2(c2+2p2cp3)p5(cp)u4+1p5(p+1)2(cp){(p+4)(p+1)2c3+p(7p3+7p23p4)c2p3(8p2+15p+8)c2p5(p+1)}u3v+(3p3+6p2+6p+2)c2+p(2p+1)(2p2+2p1)cp3(p+1)(7p+4)cp3(p+1)3(cp)u2v2(3p+4)c23p(p+2)c2p3c3p(p+1)2(cp)uv32c3pc4(p+1)2(cp)v4+O(|u,v|5).
    \right. \label{bt1} $
    (10)

    Since the linear part is nilpotent, by Theorem 8.4 in [14] system (10) is conjugated to the Bogdanov-Takens normal form, i.e., the right-hand side of the second equation is a sum of terms of the form $au^k+bu^{k-1}v$. Hence, one can use the transformation $u\rightarrow u$, $v\rightarrow v-\frac{c-2p-1}{(p+1)(c-p)} uv$ together with the time-rescaling $dt=(1-\frac{c-2p-1}{(p+1)(c-p)}u)d\tau$ to change system (10) into the following

    $ \left\{ ˙u=v,˙v=c3(p+1)p3u2+c{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}p3(cp)uv+O(|u,v|3),
    \right. \label{bt2} $
    (11)

    where the term of $v^2$ is eliminated and terms of degree 2 are normalized. The term of $u^2$ exists since $-{c^3(p+1)}/{p^3}\neq 0$. For the existence of the term of $uv$, we need to discuss on the quadratic equation

    $ c^2-\frac{p^2+3p}{2(p+1)}c-\frac{p^3}{p+1}=0, \label{eq2} $ (12)

    which comes from the numerator of the coefficient of $uv$. Since the constant term is negative for $p>0$, the quadratic equation (12) has exactly one positive root

    $ c=\frac{1}{4}(p+1)^{-1}p\{p+3+(17p^2+22p+9)^{1/2}\}, $

    which defines the function $\varsigma(b)$ as shown in Lemma 2.2 with the replacement (8). It implies by Theorem 8.4 of [14] that for $c\neq\varsigma(b)$, i.e., $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal S}\backslash{\mathcal C}$, $O$ is a cusp of system (11). The proof of this lemma is completed.


    3. Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation

    In this section we discuss in the case that $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal B}\backslash{\mathcal C}$, in which system (4) is of codimension 2. We choose $a, \kappa$ as the bifurcation parameters and unfold the Bogdanov-Takens normal forms of codimensions $2$ when $(a, \kappa)$ is perturbed near the point $(a_*, \kappa_*)$, where $a_*$ is given below (5) and $\kappa_*$ is given in (6).

    Theorem 3.1. If $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in \mathcal{B}\backslash{\mathcal C}$, where ${\mathcal B}$ is defined in (7) and ${\mathcal C}$ is defined as in Lemma 2.2, then there are a neighborhood $U$ of the point $(a_*, \kappa_{*})$ in the $(a, \kappa)$-parameter space and four curves

    $ SN+:={(a,κ)U|a=a, κ>κ,0<c<ς(b)}{(a,κ)U|a=a, κ<κ,c>ς(b)},SN:={(a,κ)U|a=a, κ<κ,0<c<ς(b)}{(a,κ)U|a=a, κ>κ,c>ς(b)},H:={(a,κ)U|a=a((2b1/2+1)c2((b1/21)2+3(b1/21))c             2(b1/21)3)2b1/2(b1/21)6(cb1/2+1)4(κκ)2+O(|κκ|3),             κ>κ,0<c<ς(b)}{(a,κ)U|a=a((2b1/2+1)c2((b1/21)2+3(b1/21))c             2(b1/21)3)2b1/2(b1/21)6(cb1/2+1)4(κκ)2+O(|κκ|3),             κ<κ,c>ς(b)},L:={(a,κ)U|a=a49/25((2b1/2+1)c2((b1/21)2+3(b1/21))c             2(b1/21)3)2b1/2(b1/21)6(cb1/2+1)4(κκ)2+O(|κκ|3),             κ>κ,0<c<ς(b)}{(a,κ)U|a=a49/25((2b1/2+1)c2((b1/21)2+3(b1/21))c             2(b1/21)3)2b1/2(b1/21)6(cb1/2+1)4(κκ)2+O(|κκ|3),             κ<κ,c>ς(b)},
    $

    such that system (4) produces a saddle-node bifurcation near $E_{*}$ as $(a, c)$ acrosses $\mathcal{SN}^{+}\cup \mathcal{SN}^{-}$, a Hopf bifurcation near $E_{*}$ as $(a, \kappa)$ acrosses $\mathcal{H}$, and a homoclinic bifurcation near $E_{*}$ as $(a, \kappa)$ acrosses $\mathcal{L}$, where $\kappa_*$ and $\varsigma(b)$ are given in (6) and Lemma 2.2 respectively.

    The above bifurcation curve ${\mathcal H}$ is exactly the same as ${\mathcal H}_{E_1}$ given in Lemma 2.1, and the union $\mathcal{SN}^{+}\bigcup \mathcal{SN}^{+}$ is exactly the bifurcation curves $\mathcal{SN}_{E_*}$ given in Lemma 2.1.

    Proof. Let $p=b^{1/2}-1$ and

    $ \varepsilon_{1}:=a-a_*, \varepsilon_{2}:=\kappa-\kappa_*, \label{eee} $ (13)

    and consider $|\varepsilon_{1}|$ and $|\varepsilon_{2}|$ both to be sufficiently small. Expanding system (4) at $E_{*}$, we get

    $ \label{btb0} \left\{ ˙x=c(p+1)pε1+(c2(p+1)p2+cpε1)x+(c(p+1)+(p+1)ε1)yc(cp)p2x2+(c(2+3p)p+ε1)xyp(p+1)y2+O((x,y)3),˙y=(c3(p+1)p4+c(p+1)(cp)p2ε2)x+(c2(p+1)p2+(p+1)(cp)ε2)y+(c3p4+c(cp)p2ε2)x2+(c3(2+3p)c2p(2p+1)(cp)p3+c(3p+2)p(2p+1)pε2)xy+(c2(p+1)(cp)p+p(p+1)ε2)y2+O((x,y)3).
    \right. $
    (14)

    Introducing new variables $(x, y)\mapsto (\xi_1, \eta_1)$, where $\xi_1=x$ and $\eta_1$ denotes the right-hand side of the first equation in (14), we change (14) into the Kukles form, whose second order truncation is the following

    $ \left\{ ˙ξ1=η1,˙η1=E00(ε1,ε2)+E10(ε1,ε2)ξ1+E20(ε1,ε2)ξ21+F(ξ1,ε1,ε2)η1+E02(ε1,ε2)η21,
    \right. $
    (15)

    where $ F(\xi_{1}, \varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}):=E_{01}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}) +E_{11}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})\xi_{1} $ and $E_{ij}$ s ($i, j=0, 1, 2$) are given in Appendix. Notice that $(a, b, c, \kappa)\in {\mathcal B}\backslash{\mathcal C}$ implies that $c\neq\varsigma(b)$. From (12) we see that the quadratic equation has exactly one positive root $c=\varsigma(b)$. Thus, for $c\neq\varsigma(b)$ we can check that

    $ F(0, 0, 0)=0, ~~~ \frac{\partial F}{\partial\xi_{1}}(0, 0, 0)=E_{11}(0, 0)=(2p+2)(c^2-\frac{p^2+3p}{2(p+1)}c-\frac{p^3}{p+1})\ne 0. $

    By the Implicit Function Theorem, there exists a function $\xi_{1}=\xi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})$ defined in a small neighborhood of $(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})=(0, 0)$ such that $\xi_{1}(0, 0)=0$ and $F(\xi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}), \varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})=0$. Thus, from the definition of $F$ we obtain $\xi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})= -{E_{01}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}/{E_{11}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}$ near $(0, 0)$. Then, we use a parameter-dependent shift

    $ \xi_{2}=\xi_{1}-\xi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}), \eta_{2}=\eta_{1} $

    to vanish the term proportional to $\eta_2$ in the equation for $\eta_2$ from system (15), which leads to the following system

    $ \label{btphi} \left\{ ˙ξ2=η2,˙η2=ψ1(ε1,ε2)+ψ2(ε1,ε2)ξ2+E20(ε1,ε2)ξ22+E11(ε1,ε2)ξ2η2+E02(ε1,ε2)η22,
    \right. $
    (16)

    where

    $ ψ1(ε1,ε2):=E00(ε1,ε2)+E10(ε1,ε2)ξ1(ε1,ε2)+E20(ε1,ε2)ξ21(ε1,ε2),ψ2(ε1,ε2):=E10(ε1,ε2)+2ξ1(ε1,ε2)E20(ε1,ε2).
    $

    In order to eliminate the $\eta_2^2$ term, one can use the transformation

    $ \xi_3= \xi_2, ~~~ \eta_3= \eta_2-E_{02}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})\xi_2\eta_2 $

    together with the time-rescaling $dt=(1-E_{02}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})\xi_2)d\tau$ to change system (16) into the following

    $ \label{btphi2} \left\{ ˙ξ3=η3,˙η3=ζ1(ε1,ε2)+ζ2(ε1,ε2)ξ3+˜E20(ε1,ε2)ξ23+E11(ε1,ε2)ξ3η3,
    \right. $
    (17)

    where

    $ ζ1(ε1,ε2):=ψ1(ε1,ε2),   ζ2(ε1,ε2):=ψ2(ε1,ε2)ψ1(ε1,ε2)E02(ε1,ε2),˜E20(ε1,ε2):=E20(ε1,ε2)E10(ε1,ε2)E02(ε1,ε2).
    $

    Further, in order to reduce coefficient of $\xi_3^2$ to $1$, we apply the transformation

    $ u=\frac{\tilde{E}_{20}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}{E_{11}^2(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}\xi_{3}, v={\rm sign}\Big(\frac{E_{11}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}{\tilde{E}_{20}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}\Big) \frac{\tilde{E}_{20}^2(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}{E_{11}^3(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}, $

    where $ \tilde{E}_{20}(0, 0)=-\frac{c^3(p+1)}{p^3}<0, $ and the time-scaling $dt=|\frac{E_{11}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}{\tilde{E}_{20}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})}|d\tau$ to system (17) and obtain

    $ \label{btf} \left\{ ˙u=v,˙v=ϕ1(ε1,ε2)+ϕ2(ε1,ε2)u+u2+ϑuv,
    \right. $
    (18)

    where $\vartheta={\rm sign}\Big(\frac{E_{11}(0, 0)}{\tilde{E}_{20}(0, 0)}\Big)$,

    $ ϕ1(ε1,ε2):=E411(ε1,ε2)˜E320(ε1,ε2)ζ1(ε1,ε2)={(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4ε1ϕ11(ε1,ε2)p4(cp)4ϕ212(ε1,ε2), ϕ2(ε1,ε2):=E211(ε1,ε2)˜E220(ε1,ε2)ζ2(ε1,ε2)=2{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}ϕ21(ε1,ε2)c3/2(cp)2(p+1)1/2pϕ3/212(ε1,ε2),
    $

    and polynomials $\phi_{ij}$ s are given in the Appendix.

    Let

    $ \label{muphi} \mu_{1}=\phi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}), \mu_{2}=\phi_{2}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}), $ (19)

    where $\phi_{1}$ and $\phi_{2}$ are defined just below (18). Clearly, $\phi_{1}(0, 0)=\phi_{2}(0, 0)=0$. Compute the Jacobian determinant of (19) at the point $(0, 0)$

    $ \left| ϕ1(ε1,ε2)ε1ϕ1(ε1,ε2)ε2ϕ2(ε1,ε2)ε1ϕ2(ε1,ε2)ε2
    \right|_{(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})=(0, 0)} = -\frac{\{(2p+2)c^2-(p^2+3p)c-2p^3\}^5}{p^6c^4(c-p)^4(p+1)}\neq0, \label{Jacob} $
    (20)

    implying that (19) is a locally invertible transformation of parameters. This transformation makes a local equivalence between system (18) and the versal unfolding system

    $ \label{btw} \left\{ ˙˜u=˜v,˙˜v=μ1+μ2˜u+˜u2+ϑ˜u˜v,
    \right. $
    (21)

    where $\vartheta$ is given in (18). As indicated in Section 7.3 of [10], system (21) has the following bifurcation curves

    $ \label{btbifur} SN+:={(μ1,μ2)V0 | μ1=0, μ2>0},SN:={(μ1,μ2)V0 | μ1=0, μ2<0},H:={(μ1,μ2)V0 | μ1=μ22, μ2>0},L:={(μ1,μ2)V0 | μ1=4925μ22+o(|μ2|2), μ2>0},
    $
    (22)

    where $V_{0}$ is a small neighborhood of $(0, 0)$ in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$.

    In what follows, we present above bifurcation curves in parameters $\varepsilon_1$ and $\varepsilon_2$ in explicit forms. For this purpose, we need the relation between $(\varepsilon_1, \varepsilon_2)$ and $(\mu_1, \mu_2)$. Note that $\phi_1$ and $\phi_2$ defined just below (18) are $C^{k}$ near the origin (0, 0)($k$ is an arbitrary integer). By condition (20), the well-known Implicit Function Theorem implies that there are two $C^k$ functions

    $ \varepsilon_1=\omega_1(\mu_1, \mu_2), ~~~~\varepsilon_2=\omega_2(\mu_1, \mu_2) \label{eps12} $ (23)

    in a small neighborhood of $(0, 0, 0, 0)$ such that $\omega_1(0, 0)=\omega_2(0, 0)=0$ and

    $ \mu_1=\phi_1(\omega_1(\mu_1, \mu_2), \omega_2(\mu_1, \mu_2)), ~~~ \mu_2=\phi_2(\omega_1(\mu_1, \mu_2), \omega_2(\mu_1, \mu_2)). \label{compare-coeff} $ (24)

    Substitute the second order formal Taylor expansions of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ in (24) while expand $\phi_1$ and $\phi_2$ in (24) to the second order

    $ ϕ1(ε1,ε2)={(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4ε1/{p6c2(cp)4(p+1)}{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4(24p2c4+42c4p+21c48p3c354c3p244c3p36c2p412p3c2+27p2c2+8p5c+32cp4+16p6)ε21/{2c4p8(cp)6(p+1)2}{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4ε1ε2/{(c4p4(cp)3(p+1)}+o(|ε1,ε2|2),
    $
    (25)
    $ ϕ2(ε1,ε2)={(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}ε1/{2c2(p32cp+p2+c2p+c22cp2)p4}{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}ε2/c2{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}(243p3c3+832p3c4+513p2c4+455p4c3594p5c21347p3c51209p2c5+165p4c4+1138p5c3324p6c2424p7c200p5c4+382p6c3+512p7c2520cp8396c5p48p9+108c648p10+384c6p3+414c6p104cp9+264c2p8+594c6p2672c5p4+96c6p4136c5p544c4p676c3p7)ε21/{4c3(p+1)2(cp)4p6}{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}(8p2c4+23c4p+12c4+30p3c3+8c3p222c3p58c2p485p3c2+6p2c28p5c+46cp4+24p6)ε1ε2/{4c4p2(p+1)(cp)2}+(cp)p2{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}ε22/c4+o(|ε1,ε2|2).
    $
    (26)

    Then, comparing the coefficients of terms of the same degree in (24), we obtain the second order approximations

    $ ε1=c2p6(cp)4(p+1)μ1/{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4+c2p10(cp)6(p+1)(32p2c4+56c4p+27c416p3c379c3p259c3p48c2p419p3c2+36p2c2+12p5c+50cp4+24p6)μ21/{2{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}8}+c2p8(cp)5(p+1)μ1μ2/{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}5+o(|μ1,μ2|2),
    $
    (27)
    $ ε2=c2p2(cp)2(8p512cp418cp3+8c3p211p2c29c2p+14c3p+6c3)μ1/{2{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4}c2μ2/{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}+c2p6(cp)4(1314c7p2+630pc7270p3c4+2068p3c5+612p2c5+677p4c41134p5c3+4387p5c41056p6c31804p7c23741c6p3+756c5p4+1160c3p82268c6p4+1176c7p31272c5p6352c6p5+384c7p4320p11+108c7704cp10+224c2p92046c5p5+4258c4p6+832p7c41464p8c22289c6p2+1544p7c3450c6p1344cp9)μ21/{8{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}8}+c2p4(cp)2(40p2c4+61c4p+24c478p3c3158c3p268c3p14c2p4+43p3c2+48p2c2+32p5c+62cp4+24p6)μ1μ2/{4{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}5}+c2p2(cp)μ22/{(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}2+o(|μ1,μ2|2).
    $
    (28)

    Then we are ready to express those bifurcation curves in parameters $\varepsilon_1$ and $\varepsilon_2$.

    For curves ${\mathcal SN}^\pm$, we need to consider $\mu_1=0$. From the first equality of (19) we see that $\mu_1=0$ if and only if $\varepsilon_1=0$ because in the expression of $\phi_1(\varepsilon_1, \varepsilon_2)$ we have $ {\phi_{11}(0, 0)}/{\phi_{12}^2(0, 0)}={1}/{p^2c^2(p+1)}\neq0. $ Thus, for $\mu_1=0$ we obtain from (28) that

    $ \varepsilon_2=-\frac{c^2}{(2p+2)\Psi(c)}\mu_2+O(|\mu_2|^2), \label{Psi(c)} $ (29)

    where $\Psi(c)$ is the same quadratic polynomial as given in (12). It follows that the inequality $\mu_2>0$ (or $<0$) together with the sign of $\Psi(c)$ determines the sign of $\varepsilon_2$. From the analysis of the quadratic equation (12) we see that $\Psi(c)<0$ (or $>0$) if $0<c<\varsigma(b)$ (or $c>\varsigma(b)$), where $\varsigma(b)$ is defined in Lemma 2.2. Hence from (22) we obtain that

    $ SN+:={(ε1,ε2) | ε1=0,ε2>0,0<c<ς(b)}{(ε1,ε2) | ε1=0,ε2<0,c>ς(b)},SN:={(ε1,ε2) | ε1=0,ε2<0,0<c<ς(b)}{(ε1,ε2) | ε1=0,ε2>0,c>ς(b)}.
    $

    For curve $\mathcal{H}$, we need to consider $\mu_{1}=-\mu_{2}^{2}$, which is equivalent to $\Upsilon(\varepsilon_1, \varepsilon_2):= \phi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})+\phi_{2}^{2}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})=0$ by (19). Clearly, $\Upsilon(0, 0)=0$ and

    $ \frac{\partial\Upsilon}{\partial \varepsilon_1}\Big|_{(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})=(0, 0)} = \{ (2p+2)\Psi(c) \}^4 / \{p^6c^2(c-p)^4(p+1)\}\ne 0. $

    By the Implicit Function Theorem, there exists a unique $C^k$ function $\varepsilon_1=\epsilon_1(\varepsilon_2)$ such that $\epsilon_1(0)=0$ and $\Upsilon(\epsilon_1(\varepsilon_2), \varepsilon_2)=0$. Similarly to (27) and (28), expanding $\Upsilon$ at $(\varepsilon_1, \varepsilon_2)=(0, 0)$ and substituting with a formal expansion of $\epsilon_1(\varepsilon_2)$ of order 2, we obtain by comparison of coefficients that

    $ \varepsilon_1=\epsilon_1(\varepsilon_2) = -\frac{p^6(c-p)^4}{4(p+1)\Psi^2(c)}\varepsilon_2^2+o(|\varepsilon_2|^2). \label{Hp} $ (30)

    Further, replacing $\mu_1$ with $\mu_{1}=-\mu_{2}^{2}$ in (28), we get

    $ \varepsilon_2=-\frac{c^2}{(2p+2)\Psi(c)}\mu_2+o(|\mu_2|). $

    Similarly to (29), from (22) we obtain that

    $ H:={(ε1,ε2) | ε1=p6(cp)44(p+1)Ψ2(c)ε22+o(|ε2|2),  ε2>0,0<c<ς(b)}{(ε1,ε2) | ε1=p6(cp)44(p+1)Ψ2(c)ε22+o(|ε2|2),  ε2<0,c>ς(b)}.
    $

    For curve $\mathcal{L}$, we need to consider $\mu_{1}=-\frac{49}{25}\mu_{2}^{2} +o(|\mu_{2}|^{2})$, i.e., $\phi_{1}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}) =-\frac{49}{25}\phi_{2}^{2}(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2}) +o(|\phi_{2}|^{2})$. Similarly to $\mathcal{H}$, we apply the Implicit Function Theorem to obtain

    $ \varepsilon_{1}=-\frac{49p^6(c-p)^4}{100(p+1)\Psi^2(c)}\varepsilon_{2}^2+o(|\varepsilon_{2}|^{2}). $

    Similarly to (29), from (22) we obtain that

    $ L:={(ε1,ε2) | ε1=49p6(cp)4100(p+1)Ψ2(c)ε22+o(|ε2|2),  ε2>0,0<c<ς(b)}{(ε1,ε2) | ε1=49p6(cp)4100(p+1)Ψ2(c)ε22+o(|ε2|2),  ε2<0,c>ς(b)}.
    $

    Finally, with the replacement (13) we can rewrite the above bifurcation curves ${\mathcal SN}^\pm, {\mathcal H}$ and ${\mathcal L}$ expressed in parameters $(\varepsilon_{1}, \varepsilon_{2})$ in expressions in the original parameters $(a, b, c, \kappa)$ as shown in Theorem 3.1.


    4. Conclusions

    In this paper we analyzed the dynamics of system (4) near the equilibrium $E_*$ when parameters lie near ${\mathcal B}\backslash{\mathcal C}$. We proved that $E_*$ is a cusp when parameters lie on ${\mathcal B}\backslash{\mathcal C}$. We investigated the Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation near the cusp and compute in Theorem 3.1 the four bifurcation curves $\mathcal{SN}^{+}$, $\mathcal{SN}^{-}$, $\mathcal{H}$ and $\mathcal{L}$ in the practical parameters. Those bifurcation curves can be observed in Figure 3 in the case that $c>1$ and $b=(c+1)^2/4$ (which implies $p=(c-1)/2$). They display the merge of equilibria and the rise of homoclinic orbits and periodic orbits.

    Figure 3. Bifurcation diagrams of system (4) for the case that $c>1$ and $b=(c+1)^2/4$.

    More concretely, in this case,

    $ a_*=\frac{(c+1)^2}{4}, ~\kappa_*=\frac{8c^2}{(c+1)(c-1)^2}. $

    Moreover, the four bifurcation curves divide the neighborhood $U$ of $(a_*, \kappa_*)$ into the following regions:

    $ DI:={(a,κ)U| a<(c+1)24, κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2}{(a,κ)U| a<(c+1)2449(c1)6(c+1)33200(2c2+c+1)2{κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2}2+O(|κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2|3), κ>8c2(c+1)(c1)2},DII:={(a,κ)U| (c+1)2449(c1)6(c+1)33200(2c2+c+1)2{κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2}2+O(|κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2|3)<a<(c+1)24(c1)6(c+1)3128(2c2+c+1)2{κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2}2+O(|κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2|3), κ>8c2(c+1)(c1)2},DIII:={(a,κ)U| (c+1)24(c1)6(c+1)3128(2c2+c+1)2{κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2}2+O(|κ8c2(c+1)(c1)2|3)<a<(c+1)24, κ>8c2(c+1)(c1)2},DIV:={(a,κ)U| a>(c+1)24}.
    $

    Theorem 3.1 gives dynamical behaviors of system (4) near $E_*$ in the first quadrant in Table 4. The coordinates of equilibria $E_0:(x_0, 0)$, $E_1:(p_1, q_1)$ and $E_2:(p_2, q_2)$ are given by $x_0:=a/(b-1)$ and

    $ p_1:=-\frac{1}{2}\big\{(a-b-c+1)-\{(a-b-c+1)^2-4(a-c)\}^{1/2}\big\}, \\ p_2:=-\frac{1}{2}\big\{(a-b-c+1)+\{(a-b-c+1)^2-4(a-c)\}^{1/2}\big\} $

    as in [27]. $E_0$ exists in the first quadrant when $(a, \kappa)\in\mathcal{D}_{I}\cup\mathcal{L}\cup\mathcal{D}_{II}\cup\mathcal{H}\cup\mathcal{D}_{III}$ but disappears when $(a, \kappa)\in\mathcal{D}_{IV}$ (appearing in other quadrants) or $(a, \kappa)\in\mathcal{SN}^+\cup\{(a_*, \kappa_*)\}\cup\mathcal{SN}^-$ (not existing).

    Table 4. Dynamics of system (4) in various cases of parameter $(a, \kappa)$.
    Parameters $(a, \kappa)$ Equilibria Limit cycles and homoclinic orbits Region in bifurcation diagram
    $E_0$ $E_1$ $E_2$ $E_*$
    $ \mathcal{D}_{I}$ saddle unstable focus saddle $\mathcal{D}_{I}$
    $ \mathcal{L}$ saddle unstable focus saddle one homoclinic rrbit $\mathcal{L}$
    $\mathcal{D}_{II}$ saddle unstable focus saddle one limit cycle $\mathcal{D}_{II}$
    $\mathcal{H}$ saddle stable focus saddle $\mathcal{H}$
    $\mathcal{D}_{III}$ saddle stable focus saddle $\mathcal{D}_{III}$
    $ \mathcal{SN}^+$ saddle-node $\mathcal{SN}^+$
    $ \mathcal{D}_{IV}$ $\mathcal{D}_{IV}$
    $(a_*, \kappa_*)$ cusp $(a_*, \kappa_*)$
    $ \mathcal{SN}^-$ saddle-node $\mathcal{SN}^-$
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    The appearance of limit cycle displays a rise of oscillatory phenomenon in system (4). Choosing parameters $a=3.99999, b=4, c=3$ and $\kappa=4.495$ in $\mathcal{D}_{II}$, we used the command ODE45 in the software Matlab Version R2014a to simulate the orbit initiated from $(x_0, y_0)=(1.00432, 1.98662845)$ numerically, which plots an attractive limit cycle in Figure 4 and shows a dynamic balance and permanence of the substrate and the product in the enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The homoclinic loop actually gives a boundary for the break of the dynamic balance and permanence.

    Figure 4. An attracting limit cycle.

    In this paper we only considered parameters in ${\mathcal B}\backslash {\mathcal C}$. When parameters lie in ${\mathcal C}$, higher degeneracy may happen at $E_*$. Although efforts have been made for higher degeneracies, for example, versal unfolding was discussed in [5] for a normal form of cusp system of codimension 3, it is still difficult to compute bifurcation curves in original parameters in the case of codimension 3. Such a computation with original parameters is indispensible for practical systems and for system (4) it will be our next work.


    Appendix. Some coefficients

    The functions in system (15) are

    $ E00:={(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}4ε1/{c2(p+1)p6(cp)4},E10:={(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}2ε1{(6c3p4c3p24p3c2+3p2c2+4cp4+4c4p+3c4)(p2c23c3p3c2p+cp2+2cp32p4)ε1(p3c22cp4+p5+4c2p45p5cp3c3+2p6)ε2}/{(p+1)p4c3(cp)4},E20:={(2c6(p+1)2(cp)2)+(9c3p2+4c2p413c4p+4p5c2+6p3c3+9c5p15p2c42p4c3+4p2c54p3c4+6c5)ε1(2p7c6p7c26p6c22p5c4+6p6c3+2cp82p4c4+6p5c3)ε2+(6p5c22p4c36p6c6p7c+6p6c22p5c3+2p7+2p8)ε1ε2+(6p3c34p2c42c2p410p3c29c4p2cp4+17c3p22p5c+13c3p9p2c26c4)ε21}/{2c3p2(cp)2(p+1)},E01:={(2p+2)c2(p2+3p)c2p3}{2c3ε1+(cp42p3c2+c3p2)ε2+(2p46cp3+4p2c2)ε1ε2+(12c26cp)ε21}/{p2(cp)2c3},E11:={(3c3p28p2c4p4c3+2c5+2c2p4+4c5p+2p2c55c4p+2p5c2+2p3c33p3c4)+(3c2p4+3c3p+p2c2+2p5c+3p2c4+3p3c2+2c4p+2cp44p3c3+c3p2)ε1+(5p6c22p7c3p6c+7p5c2+2c2p4p5c5p4c3p3c3+p3c4+p4c44p5c3)ε2(5p6c4p5c2+p4c35c2p4p3c2+7p5c+p3c3+2cp42p7p53p6)ε1ε2+(13cp28cp4+9c3p238p2c2+5cp3+10p4+10p5+19c3p+10c313p3c225c2p)ε21}/{c2(p+1)(p+c)},E02:={(c2p1)+(5c32c2p)ε1(3p3c22c3p2cp4)ε2+(p4cp3)ε1ε2(2cpc2)ε21}/{(p+1)2(cp)2}.
    $

    The functions below system (18) are

    $ ϕ11:=24c6p5+4c8p216c7p4+4c8p316c5p6+4p7c4+24c6p416c7p316c5p5+4c4p6+(9p4c416p6c3+40c3p7+68p5c426p3c5+3c86c8p+42c6p3+36c6p494c5p4+6c7p24c4p616c2p856c5p58c8p2+8c7p3+28c6p214c7p)ε1+(4c7p4+40c5p74c2p94c2p10+20c3p8+20c3p920c6p5+40c5p620c6p640c4p8+4c7p540p7c4)ε2(40p2c5+12p4c3+32c7p2+8p5c3+12c7+92p3c5+8p6c232p3c412p6c328p7c2+4c5p488c6p256p4c4+36c7p+48p5c460c6p3+16cp832c6p)ε21+(12cp924p7c48c7p46c7p388c5p532c2p8+20cp1024c5p4+6c6p3+2c3p724p6c3+36c6p5+72c4p6+96c3p876c2p9+36p5c4+40c6p444c5p6+6p7c2)ε1ε2+(8p7c9p2c416p5c2+6p3c3c2p4+11p4c4+6p3c5+10p4c316p5c318p2c5+12p3c49c6p2+4p6c4p8)ε31+(34c4p6+2c3p7+4p928cp916cp8+6p4c4+8p102p7c+32c2p8+32p7c232p6c314p5c3+10p6c26c6p4+26c5p5+12p5c4)ε21ε2+(4c3p7c6p6+44c3p941c2p10c4p6+4cp9+2c5p64p11+28c3p832c2p9+8c5p726c4p8+20p11c12p7c4p104p12+18cp106c2p8)ε1ε22,ϕ12:=(2p5c34p3c4+2p4c3+2p3c5+2p2c54p4c4)+(9c3p2+4c2p413c4p+4p5c2+6p3c3+9c5p15p2c42p4c3+4p2c54p3c4+6c5)ε1+(2p7c+6p7c2+6p6c2+2p5c46p6c32cp8+2p4c46p5c3)ε2+(6p3c34p2c42c2p410p3c29c4p2cp4+17c3p22p5c+13c3p9p2c26c4)ε21+(6p5c22p4c36p6c6p7c+6p6c22p5c3+2p7+2p8)ε1ε2,ϕ21:=(6c10+12c8p5+69c8p477c9p3+20c7p6+9c6p433c7p3+18c5p634c6p5+45c8p226c7p4+102c8p327c9p80c9p2+27c7p5+6c5p7+8c4p812c5p855c6p612c6p7+8c4p9+22c10p224c9p4+8c10p3+20c10p)ε1+(4p10c4+20p9c610p10c54p5c9+2p11c42c9p42p6c9+10p7c8+20p6c8+10c8p520p9c5+2c4p940p7c720c7p810c5p820c7p6+40c6p8+20c6p7)ε2+(12c9+12c3p947c8p4+10c9p386c6p419c7p3+102c5p6220c6p5+60c8p2+159c7p440c8p3+61c5p5+2c4p616p7c418c9p+3c9p2+92c7p5+12c3p8+26c5p714c4p8+53c8p+35c6p376c7p279c6p6)ε21+(2p5c934c8p5+2c3p9+19c8p410c9p3+151c7p617c5p6+39c6p545c7p4+26c8p32c3p10+3p7c46c9p2+23c7p5+77c5p726c4p8+145c5p885c6p6227c6p731c4p92c9p4103c6p8+83p7c7+51p9c52p10c44p11c327p6c8)ε1ε2+(4p7c82p6c830p10c460p11c4+40p9c52p8c8+12p11c3+24c7p8+12c7p960p9c6+12p13c330p10c6+40p11c530p12c44p13c22p14c22p12c2+24p12c330c6p8+80p10c5+12p7c7)ε22+(30c8+69p3c516p4c4212p5c4+58p6c3+331c5p4232c6p4+79c7p3+117c5p665c6p521c8p23c7p4+5c8p3+379c5p5187c4p6+4p7c494c3p8+44c2p8+44c2p9+91c7p53c8p263c6p3+163c7p2106c6p238c3p7)ε31+(36c2p1010c8p5199c3p941c8p4+9c7p6+18c2p11166c6p4+84c7p3+165c5p6297c6p518c8p2+193c7p448c8p3110c3p10+164c5p576c4p6+47p7c4+123c7p578c3p8+18c2p9208c5p7+351c4p8219c5p862c6p6+79c6p7+233c4p9+12c3p7)ε21ε2+(2p14c+c2p104c3p98c7p6+21c2p112p12c72c3p104p13c4c5p7+6c4p8102c5p8+c6p6+45c6p7+118c4p9+58p9c6114p10c5+121p11c4+102c6p822p7c7212p9c5+233p10c4138p11c3+40p12c270p12c3+20p13c214c7p8+p7c8+p6c8)ε1ε22(176p3c4+41p4c3+769p3c5+293p2c5388p4c4+27p5c3+28p6c2178p5c458p6c3+4p7c2+20cp8+20cp9+603c5p4192c6p4+75c7p3+127c5p5+34c4p6+72c7234c6p24c2p8+210c7p616c6p3+213c7p2658c6p244c3p7)ε41+(286p5c4+154p6c332p7c2+136c2p1056cp10198c3p924cp9+262c5p432cp11330c6p4+70c7p3+438c5p6284c6p5+68c7p4+636c5p5580c4p6210p7c4+22c7p5154c3p8+30c2p8+198c2p9+64c5p7+84c4p8122c6p3+24c7p276c6p6+198c3p7)ε31ε2+(4p12+102c2p10cp10158c3p9c7p6+198c2p1164p12c33cp11c5p6313c3p1032p13c+4p7c4+8p136c3p8+4c2p957c5p7+132c4p8126c5p8+10c6p6+26c6p7+272c4p9+4p14+16c6p8p7c770p9c5+144p10c4161p11c3+100p12c2)ε21ε22.
    $

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