Isolation of parameter values admitting heteroclinic orbits in cyclic competition games

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Let (ϵX,ϵY)(\epsilon_X,\epsilon_Y) be a pair of game parameters, and let Za,Zb,Zc,Zd,Ze,ZfZ^a,Z^b,Z^c,Z^d,Z^e,Z^f denote the equilibria appearing in the cyclic competition bimatrix game. A heteroclinic orbit from an equilibrium ZiZ^i to an equilibrium ZjZ^j is an orbit whose backward and forward limits are ZiZ^i and ZjZ^j, respectively. Isolation conjecture. The set of pairs (ϵX,ϵY)(\epsilon_X,\epsilon_Y) for which there is a heteroclinic orbit from ZbZ^b to ZaZ^a is isolated in the parameter space. The same is asked for heteroclinic orbits from ZaZ^a to ZdZ^d, from ZdZ^d to ZcZ^c, from ZcZ^c to ZeZ^e, from ZeZ^e to ZfZ^f, and from ZfZ^f to ZbZ^b. The observation motivating this question comes from parameter values such as (ϵX,ϵY)=(−0.09,−0.79)(\epsilon_X,\epsilon_Y)=(-0.09,-0.79), where the stable manifold of ZaZ^a and the unstable manifold of ZbZ^b appear very close; whether the corresponding parameter sets are isolated remains open.

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Cezary Olszowiec, “Complex behaviour in cyclic competition bimatrix games”, arXiv:1605.00431 (2016).

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