Asymptotics of the General Solution of a Linear Singularly Perturbed System of Higher-Order Differential Equations with Degenerations

2019 ◽  
Vol 243 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-466
Author(s):  
S. P. Pafyk
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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