I will describe the structure of the set of eigenvalues of an equilibrium point for a contact dynamical systems, and derive from that the types of local codimension-1 bifurcations that can arise. We distinguish between two classes of bifurcation, depending on whether the 'principal eigenvalue' vanishes or not. There are a few surprising results, such as the possibility of fold-Hopf or fold-multi-Hopf bifurcations arising generically.
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