Relaxation oscillations in a slow-fast modified Leslie-Gower model (Q1726507)

The authors consider the singularly perturbed planar system \[\frac{dx}{dt}= x(1-x)- \frac{axy}{x+ e_1},\qquad \frac{dy}{dt}={\varepsilon y}\Biggl(1-\frac{y}{k+ e_2}\Biggr),\tag{\(*\)}\] where all parameters are positive, \(\varepsilon\) is small. They derive conditions on the parameters such that \((*)\) for sufficiently small \(\varepsilon\) has a unique limit cycle in the positive orthant. The proof is based on the entry-exit function and on the geometric perturbation theory.