Canard-induced complex oscillations in an excitatory network (Q2184644)

This is an excellent article reviewing the canard-induced complex oscillations in an excitatory network. In this article, the authors give a detailed description on complex oscillations including relaxation oscillations, bursting oscillations, mixed-mode oscillations (MMOs) and mixed-mode bursting oscillations (MMBOs) in singular perturbation systems. More importantly, the authors point that the occurrence of these complex oscillations is tightly related to the dimensions of singular perturbation systems under consideration. For example, MMBOs are possible in systems with at least two slow and two fast variables. Based on geometric singular perturbation theory, the complex bifurcation process on the occurrence of these complex oscillations in this excitatory network is revealed in details and a large amount of bifurcation diagrams are given.