Singular-limit convergence of C-shaped homoclinic bifurcation curves

Let A=(p,0)A=(p^*,0), B=(p,0)B=(p_-,0), and C=(p,s)C=(p_-,s^*), where s1.50815s^*\approx 1.50815. Consider the C-shaped homoclinic bifurcation curves in (p,s)(p,s)-parameter space for the FitzHugh–Nagumo equation with singular parameter ϵ\epsilon. C-shaped-curve convergence conjecture. As ϵ0\epsilon\to 0, these curves converge to the union of the segments ABAB and ACAC.

The conjecture is supported by numerical computations for 102ϵ510510^{-2}\geq\epsilon\geq 5\cdot 10^{-5} and by the preceding singular-limit analysis. The source does not specify a topology for the convergence or report a resolution.

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John Guckenheimer and Christian Kuehn, “Homoclinic Orbits of the FitzHugh-Nagumo Equation: The Singular-Limit”, arXiv:1201.5901 (2012).

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