Contents

• Introduction
• The 4.5 minutes guide to AUTO
  • The philosophy of AUTO
  • The equations file
  • The constants file
  
  
• Running rauto
  • Demo cusp: restart labels, branch switching and scans
  • Demo duff: harmonic forcing and starting from numerical data
  • Demo roess: constants inheritance
  
  
• Command reference
  • Rauto - execute AUTO continuation runs.
  • Bd2dat - convert and combine branch data.
  • Fam2dat - convert and combine families of solutions.
  • Filterbd - filter branch data.
  • Lsruns - list runs.
  • Plotbd - plot bifurcation diagram.
  • Plotsol - plot solutions.
  • Printac - print AUTO constant.
  • Printbd - print branch data.
  • Printcols - print list of columns in branch data.
  • Printls - print labeled solution entry.
  • Printsp - print special points.
  • Rdm - copy rauto demos.
  • Rfcon - convert numerical data to run `dat'.
  • Rmruns - remove runs.
  • Sol2dat - convert and combine solutions.
  • Splabs - print labels of special points.
  • Sppars - print parameter values of special points.
  
  
• AUTO constants
• Bibliography