An amplitude equation describes the slow evolution of the coefficient of a critical mode near an instability threshold. Symmetry and solvability determine its leading nonlinear terms.
The cubic Landau amplitude equation
(1)
with describes saturation through a supercritical pitchfork bifurcation when a reflection symmetry permits both signs of .

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