Singularly Perturbed Linear Ordinary Differential Equations

Author(s):  
S. M. Bauer ◽  
S. B. Filippov ◽  
A. L. Smirnov ◽  
P. E. Tovstik ◽  
R. Vaillancourt
2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. KING ◽  
S. J. CHAPMAN

A technique for calculating exponentially small terms beyond all orders in singularly perturbed difference equations is presented. The approach is based on the application of a WKBJ-type ansatz to the late terms in the naive asymptotic expansion and the identification of Stokes lines, and is closely related to the well-known Stokes line smoothing phenomenon in linear ordinary differential equations. The method is illustrated by application to examples and the results extended to time-dependent differential-difference problems.


2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2669-2687 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN GUCKENHEIMER ◽  
KATHLEEN HOFFMAN ◽  
WARREN WECKESSER

Singularly perturbed systems of ordinary differential equations arise in many biological, physical and chemical systems. We present an example of a singularly perturbed system of ordinary differential equations that arises as a model of the electrical potential across the cell membrane of a neuron. We describe two periodic solutions of this example that were numerically computed using continuation of solutions of boundary value problems. One of these periodic orbits contains canards, trajectory segments that follow unstable portions of a slow manifold. We identify several mechanisms that lead to the formation of these and other canards in this example.


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