Table 4 Potential function and normalized formula of the swallowtail model.

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Catastrophe model

Potential function

Normalized formula

Swallowtail model

\({\rm{f}}(x)=\frac{1}{5}{x}^{5}+\frac{1}{3}a{x}^{3}+\frac{1}{2}b{x}^{2}+{cx}\)

\({x}_{a}={\left|a\right|}^{\frac{1}{2}},{x}_{b}={\left|b\right|}^{\frac{1}{3}},{x}_{c}={\left|c\right|}^{\frac{1}{4}}\)