Homoclinic orbits of the fitzhugh-nagumo equation: The singular-limit

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 851-872

  Guckenheimer, John ^a   Kuehn, Christian ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric singular perturbation theory; Homoclinic bifurcation; Invariant manifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954584186     PISSN: 19371632     EISSN: 19371179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdss.2009.2.851     Document Type: Article

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