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4 Paper II: “Computing <strong>slow</strong> manifolds of saddle-type” 95<br />

4.1 Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />

4.2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95<br />

4.3 The SMST Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98<br />

4.3.1 Slow manifolds of a linear system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />

4.4 Numerical Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />

4.4.1 Bursting Neurons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />

4.4.2 Traveling Waves of the FitzHugh-Nagumo Model . . . . . 106<br />

4.4.3 A Model of Reciprocal Inhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

4.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />

4.6 Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114<br />

5 Paper III: “Homoclinic orbits of the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation: Bifurcations<br />

in the full system” 118<br />

5.1 Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118<br />

5.2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br />

5.3 Fast-Slow Decomposition of Homoclinic Orbits . . . . . . . . . . . 123<br />

5.4 Interaction of Invariant Manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127<br />

5.5 Homoclinic Bifurcations in Fast-Slow Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 134<br />

5.6 Canards <strong>and</strong> Mixed Mode Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139<br />

5.6.1 Canard Explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139<br />

5.6.2 Mixed-Mode Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141<br />

5.7 Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143<br />

6 Paper IV: “From first Lyapunov coefficients to maximal canards” 145<br />

6.1 Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br />

6.2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146<br />

6.3 Canard Explosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149<br />

6.4 The First Lyapunov Coefficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152<br />

6.5 Relating l1 <strong>and</strong> K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156<br />

6.6 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159<br />

6.7 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163<br />

6.8 Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164<br />

Bibliography 168<br />

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