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A non-transverse homoclinic orbit to a saddle-node equilibrium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Alan R. Champneys ,
Jörg Härterich  and
Björn Sandstede
Alan R. Champneys
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Queen's Building, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Jörg Härterich
Affiliation:
Institut für Mathematik I, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 2–6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Björn Sandstede
Affiliation:
Weierstraβ-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, Mohrenstraβe 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

A homoclinic orbit is considered for which the center-stable and center-unstable manifolds of a saddle-node equilibrium have a quadratic tangency. This bifurcation is of codimension two and leads generically to the creation of a bifurcation curve defining two independent transverse homoclinic orbits to a saddle-node. This latter case was shown by Shilnikov to imply shift dynamics. It is proved here that in a large open parameter region of the codimension-two singularity, the dynamics are completely described by a perturbation of the Hénon-map giving strange attractors, Newhouse sinks and the creation of the shift dynamics. In addition, an example system admitting this bifurcation is constructed and numerical computations are performed on it.

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , June 1996 , pp. 431 - 450
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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