Periodic solutions of singularly perturbed third-order systems, admitting parametrization (Q1081013)

Some sufficient conditions are given for the existence of periodic solutions for the singularly perturbed system of third order \[ (1)\;\epsilon \dot x=f(x,y_ 1,y_ 2),\dot y_ 1=g_ 1(x,y_ 1,y_ 2),\dot y_ 2=g_ 2(x,y_ 1,y_ 2) \] where \(\epsilon\) is a small positive parameter, and for the convergence as \(\epsilon\to 0\) of trajectories of those periodic solutions to the trajectory of some discontinuous periodic solution of the degenerate system \((\epsilon =0)\). An essential condition is to assume that the phase surface (i.e. the surface in \({\mathbb{R}}^ 3\) described by \(f(x,y_ 1,y_ 2)=0\)) of the degenerate system admits a parametrization of the form \(x=X(u,v),\) \(y_ 1=Y_ 1(u,v),\) \(y_ 2=Y_ 2(u,v).\) The result is illustrated by a concrete example.