The Basic Attractor of the Viscous
Moore-Greitzer Equation

Björn Birnir and Höskuldur Ari Hauksson

Dept. of Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA, and
Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhaga 3, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland.

e-mail Björn Birnir:bibbi@raunvis.hi.is

Abstract
The basic attractor of nonlinear partial differential equations is the part of the global attractor that attracts a prevalent set in phase space. We give a qualitative description of stall, which is a component of the basic attractor of jet-engine flow. The basic attractor can contain more than one stall component. The existence of these components is proven and their stability explored. Numerical results are presented, showing the shape and evolution of stall cells over large parameter regions.