 Conduction double-zero criterion for five-mode magnetoconvection

The conduction linearization has two negative eigenvalues and a cubic factor $s^3+A{s}^2+Bs+C$, where $A=\sigma +1+\zeta$, $B=\sigma (1-r)+\sigma \zeta (1+q)+\zeta$, $C=\sigma \zeta (1+q-r)$. A double zero requires $B=C=0$, giving the displayed Bogdanov–Takens bifurcation location for $0<\zeta <1$. The remaining cubic eigenvalue is $-A$. The imaginary-pair condition $AB=C$ yields $r_H=(\sigma +\zeta )(1+\zeta )/\sigma +\zeta (\sigma +\zeta )q/(\sigma +1)$ and ${\omega }^2=\sigma \zeta (1-\zeta )q/(\sigma +1)-{\zeta }^2$. Thus the oscillatory onset exists precisely for $q>q_{\ast }$ when $0<\zeta <1$.