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Theorem 2.6.1. Ifǫ> 0 is sufficiently small the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation (2.44)<br />

has a homoclinic orbit for a wave speed s that is O(ǫ) close to s ∗ . The homoclinic orbit<br />

lies <strong>with</strong>in O(ǫ) Hausdorff-distance of the singular orbit <strong>and</strong> is locally unique.<br />

Before we describe the detailed proof we outline the strategy. Regarding<br />

s ∈ [s ∗ −δ, s ∗ +δ] as a parameter the origin 0 = (0, 0, 0) = (x1, x2, y) in (2.15)<br />

has a <strong>one</strong>-dimensional unstable manifold W u (0, s); hereδ>0 is assumed to be<br />

sufficiently small. If we take he union over all these parameter values we obtain<br />

a center-unstable manifold<br />

W cu =<br />

<br />

s∈[s ∗ −δ,s ∗ +δ]<br />

W u (0, s)<br />

We can view this manifold as the center-unstable manifold of the equilibrium<br />

the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation extended by s ′ = 0:<br />

x ′<br />

1<br />

x ′<br />

2<br />

= x2<br />

= 1<br />

5 (sx2− f (x1)+y) (2.45)<br />

y ′ = ǫ<br />

s (x1− y)<br />

s ′ = 0<br />

Similarly we consider the three-dimensional center-stable manifold W cs . The<br />

goal is to show that W cu intersects W cs transversely in (x1, x2, y, s) space. Count-<br />

ing dimensions we get that if the intersection is transverse then the manifolds<br />

must intersect in a curve for some s0 near s ∗ . Note that this value s0 is fixed since<br />

there is no flow in the s-direction in (2.45). Hence we have a homoclinic orbit for<br />

s= s0 which is locally unique. This “simplifies” the problem to demonstrating<br />

the transversality of W cu <strong>and</strong> W cs . Obviously we have to use information about<br />

the singular limit versions of these manifolds. If we setǫ= 0 in (2.45) <strong>and</strong> set<br />

y=0 then we obtain a three-dimensional system which has a <strong>two</strong>-dimensional<br />

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