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The geometry of the system for <strong>one</strong> equilibrium point is illustrated in Figure 2.4.<br />

x2<br />

y<br />

y-nullcline<br />

fold x−<br />

fold x+<br />

C<br />

x1<br />

y=constant plane<br />

Figure 2.4: Critical manifold C of the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation. The<br />

planes y=constant are the domains of the <strong>fast</strong> subsystems. The<br />

equilibrium is located at the origin.<br />

The sign of the y-derivative is given by (x1− y). Since it is positive below<br />

y= x1 <strong>and</strong> negative above it we observe that the <strong>slow</strong> flow on C is directed<br />

toward the unique equilibrium point on Cl. The <strong>slow</strong> flow is pointing in the<br />

positive y-direction on the branches Cm <strong>and</strong> Cr. The <strong>fast</strong> subsystem is:<br />

x ′<br />

1<br />

= x2<br />

x ′<br />

2 = sx2−x1(1− x1)(x1− a)+y (2.16)<br />

The phase spaces of the <strong>fast</strong> subsystems, parametrized by the <strong>slow</strong> variable y,<br />

should be viewed as planes y=constant. We will see that it no longer suffices<br />

to consider only <strong>one</strong> particular <strong>fast</strong> subsystem. There are three different regions<br />

for the <strong>fast</strong> subsystem depending on the number of equilibrium points. We have<br />

<strong>one</strong> equilibrium for (2.16) when the plane intersects C once (i.e. for y> f (x1,+) or<br />

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