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in the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation<br />

ǫ ˙x1 = x2<br />

ǫ ˙x2 = 1<br />

δ (sx2−x1(1− x1)(x1− a)+y) (2.44)<br />

˙y = 1<br />

s (x1−γy)<br />

In contrast to the ideas developed in Section 2.1 we want to construct the ho-<br />

moclinic orbit as a perturbation of a singular solution consisting of <strong>two</strong> <strong>fast</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>two</strong> <strong>slow</strong> segments. The situation is shown in Figure 2.7.<br />

<strong>slow</strong><br />

<strong>fast</strong><br />

<strong>fast</strong><br />

(0, 0, 0)<br />

<strong>slow</strong><br />

Figure 2.7: Sketch of the singular homoclinic orbit in the FitzHugh-<br />

Nagumo equation (2.44). It consists of <strong>two</strong> <strong>fast</strong> segments (red)<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>two</strong> <strong>slow</strong> segments (green).<br />

Consider the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation in the singular limitǫ= 0. As dis-<br />

cussed previously we know that there exists a wave speed s ∗ such that the <strong>fast</strong><br />

subsystem defined by y=0 at the height of the equilibrium has a heteroclinic<br />

connection between its <strong>two</strong> saddle equilibria (x1, x2)=(0, 0) <strong>and</strong> (x1, x2)=(1, 0).<br />

Then we follow the <strong>slow</strong> flow on the critical manifold Cr until we reach another<br />

<strong>fast</strong> subsystem <strong>with</strong> y=y ∗ > 0 that has another heteroclinic connection. We<br />

denote the <strong>two</strong> equilibria of this system by (x∗ 1,r , 0) <strong>and</strong> (x∗ 1,l , 0). After traversing<br />

the second heteroclinic connection we follow the <strong>slow</strong> flow on Cl down to the<br />

equilibrium (0, 0, 0). The result we want to prove is:<br />

54<br />

C0

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