On the stability of sheet invariant sets of two-dimensional periodic systems (Q1946293)

The system of differential equations \[ \dot x=X(t,x)\eqno(1) \] is considered. Here, \(t\in \mathbb{R}\), \(x\in \mathbb{R}^2\) and \(X\) is a \(C^1\)-function from \(\mathbb{R}^3\) to \(\mathbb{R}^2\). It is assumed that there is a number \(\omega>0\) such that \(X(t+\omega,x)=X(t,x)\). Small \(C^1\)-perturbations of the differential equations (1) are also considered. The concepts of a weakly hyperbolic set \(K\) and a sheet \(\Upsilon\) for a system of ordinary differential equation are introduced. It is shown that, if the perturbation is small enough, then there is a continuous mapping \(h: \Upsilon\to{\Upsilon}^Y\), where \({\Upsilon}^Y\) is a sheet of the perturbed system.