Smoothness of transition maps in singular perturbation problems with one fast variable (Q2480293)

The author considers a class of singularly perturbed vector fields with one fast and multiple slow directions and with a small positive parameter \(\epsilon\). It is assumed that the critical surface consists of attracting and repelling parts. The aim of the paper is to consider the smoothness of the transition map between two sections transverse to the fast flow. For \(\varepsilon >0\), the transition map is smooth as the vector field, but as \(\varepsilon \to 0\) each orbit tends to some non-differentiable limit set, consisting of a fast orbit towards the critical surface continuously glued together to a slow trajectory along the critical surface and to a fast orbit away from the critical surface. The author proves that the transition map is smooth. In a transcritical situation, where orbits from an attracting part of one critical manifold follow the repelling part of another critical manifold, the smoothness may be limited due to the resonance phenomena that are revealed by blowing up of the turning point. A polynomial example in \(\mathbb R^3\) is presented.