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Homoclinic bifurcations and the Floquet torus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2000

J. C. MARTÍN
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado Postal 89000, Caracas 1086-A, Venezuela (e-mail: [email protected])
L. MORA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado Postal 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela (e-mail: [email protected])

Abstract

In this paper we show that a $C^r$ diffeomorphism having an invariant Floquet torus which is non-normally hyperbolic can be approximated, in the $C^{r-3}$ topology, by another one which exhibits a homoclinic tangency.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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