Conley index continuation for a singularly perturbed periodic boundary value problem (Q2336077)

The paper deals with the spectral convergence and Conley index continuation results fo singularly perturbed periodic boundary value problems. More precisely, the authors consider the family of problems of the type \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} u_t=(a_\epsilon u_x)_x+g_\epsilon (x,u), & x \in (0,1), t>0,\\ u(t,0)=u(t,1), & t>0. \end{array} \right. \] The map \(u\mapsto -(a_\epsilon u_x)_x\) with periodic boundary conditions generates a linear operator \(A_\epsilon\) in \(L^2(0,1)\). The authors first study the behavior of the eigenvalues of \(A_\epsilon\) as \(\epsilon \to 0\). Then they investigate the asymptotic behavior of a local semiflow \(\pi_\epsilon\) generated by the problem above and establish Conley index and homology index braid continuation results for \(\pi_\epsilon\), \(\epsilon \geq 0\) small.