Is the Knowledge about Bifurcation and Chaos in Power Electronics Useful in Practice?

Many practising engineers seem to have the impression that the recent developments in bifurcations and chaos in power electronic circuits are mere exercises in mathematics, and have little relevance to actual practice. This paper is an attempt to break that myth. We show that much of the emergent new knowledge give a better understanding of the stability of power electronic circuits, which are valuable in producing reliable and effective converter designs.