Roll and hexagon spectra without reflection symmetry
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For the rotational hexagon amplitude equations, put and . A roll with has transverse eigenvalues , each twice, radial eigenvalue , and one neutral translation. A hexagon with has real-amplitude eigenvalues and ; its imaginary-amplitude eigenvalues are . These follow by diagonalizing the cyclic Jacobian matrix. Stability is understood modulo translations. If and , the upper positive hexagon branch reaches a Hopf bifurcation at , .
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