On the existence of canard solutions (Q1595458)

Consider the singularly perturbed scalar differential equation \((*)\) \(\varepsilon dy/dx =F(x,y,\alpha ,\varepsilon)\), where \(F\) is an analytic function satisfying \(F(x,y,0,0)=y \;f(x,y)\) where \(f\) is nondivisible by \(y\). The author looks for conditions implying the existence of functions \(\alpha =\alpha (\rho)\), \(\varepsilon = \varepsilon (\rho)\) such that \((**)\) \(\varepsilon (\rho) dy/dx = F(x,y,\alpha (\rho), \varepsilon (\rho))\) has an invariant manifold of canard solutions. The author proves that some transversality hypotheses guarantee the existence of a canard surface. He employes a geometric method for establishing his result which combines the desingularization theory with the center manifold theorem.