RT Journal Article T1 A Conley index study of the evolution of the Lorenz strange set A1 Barge, Héctor A1 Sanjurjo, José M. R. AB In this paper we study the Lorenz equations using the perspective of the Conley index theory. More specifically, we examine the evolution of the strange set that these equations posses throughout the different values of the parameter. We also analyze some natural Morse decompositions of the global attractor of the system and the role of the strange set in these decompositions. We calculate the corresponding Morse equations and study their change along the successive bifurcations. We see how the main features of the evolution of the Lorenz system are explained by properties of the dynamics of the global attractor. In addition, we formulate and prove some theorems which are applicable in more general situations. These theorems refer to Poincaré–Andronov–Hopf bifurcations of arbitrary codimension, bifurcations with two homoclinic loops and a study of the role of the traveling repellers in the transformation of repeller–attractor pairs into attractor–repeller ones. PB Elsevier SN 0167-2789 YR 2019 FD 2019-11-21 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7276 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7276 LA eng NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) DS Docta Complutense RD 12 abr 2025