A coordinate-independent version of Hoppensteadt's convergence theorem (Q1641828)

In this paper, a convergence result on unbounded time intervals for the solutions of autonomous systems of singularly perturbed differential equations is stated and proved. For unbounded time intervals Hoppensteadt gave a convergence theorem, but his criteria are generally not easy to apply to concrete given systems. The criterion presented in this work is relatively easy to verify in particular for the case of a one-dimensional slow manifold. As for applications, several reaction equations from biochemistry are discussed.