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Proof. (Sketch) The Lyapunov coefficients of the Hopf bifurcations near I are<br />

positive [56], so the periodic orbits emanating from these bifurcations occur in<br />

the parameter region to the left of the Hopf curve. The periodic orbits are com-<br />

pletely unstable. By calculating the eigenvalues of the linearization at the equi-<br />

librium we find that there is no Fold-Hopf bifurcation on the Hopf curve near<br />

I. Hence center manifold reduction implies that there will be a region of param-<br />

eters near the Hopf curve where W s (q) is a topological disk whose boundary is<br />

the periodic orbit. Close enough to the Hopf curve, W s (q) <strong>and</strong> the periodic orbit<br />

lie at a finite distance from Cl,ǫ <strong>and</strong> there is no connection from Cl,ǫ to q. <br />

This proposition implies that the parameter region in which there is a con-<br />

nection from Cl,ǫ to q is bounded away from the Hopf curve. The next section<br />

shows that the boundary of this parameter region is very close to a curve along<br />

which there are tangential intersections of W u (Cl,ǫ) <strong>and</strong> W s (q).<br />

Remark: Asǫ→ 0, the C-curve converges to <strong>two</strong> lines (dashed red in Figure<br />

5.1) defined by homoclinic <strong>and</strong> heteroclinic orbits of the <strong>fast</strong> subsystem [56]. The<br />

horizontal segment of the C-curve to homoclinic orbits of the equilibrium point,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the sloped segment to heteroclinic orbits from the equilibrium point to the<br />

right branch of the critical manifold. Note that the C-curve terminates on the<br />

Hopf curve in the singular limit. The singular limit analysis does not explain<br />

the sharp turning of the C-curve forǫ> 0 which is the focus of the next section.<br />

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