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MULTIPLE TIME SCALE DYNAMICS WITH TWO FAST VARIABLES AND<br />

ONE SLOW VARIABLE<br />

Christian Kuehn, Ph.D.<br />

Cornell University 2010<br />

This thesis considers dynamical systems that have <strong>multiple</strong> <strong>time</strong> <strong>scale</strong>s. The<br />

focus lies on systems <strong>with</strong> <strong>two</strong> <strong>fast</strong> <strong>variables</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>one</strong> <strong>slow</strong> variable. The <strong>two</strong>-<br />

parameter bifurcation structure of the FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) equation is an-<br />

alyzed in detail. A singular bifurcation diagram is constructed <strong>and</strong> invariant<br />

manifolds of the problem are computed. A boundary-value approach to com-<br />

pute <strong>slow</strong> manifolds of saddle-type is developed. Interactions of classical in-<br />

variant manifolds <strong>and</strong> <strong>slow</strong> manifolds explain the exp<strong>one</strong>ntially small turning<br />

of a homoclinic bifurcation curve in parameter space. Mixed-mode oscillations<br />

<strong>and</strong> maximal canards are detected in the FHN equation. An asymptotic for-<br />

mula to find maximal canards is proved which is based on the first Lyapunov<br />

coefficient at a singular Hopf bifurcation.

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