Slow-fast normal forms arising from piecewise smooth vector fields (Q6145763)

In this paper, the authors study the relation between slow-fast and piecewise smooth systems of vector fields (with the latter also known as Fillipov systems). More precisely, the authors study how typical SF-singularities (singularities of slow-fast systems) arises from different types of regularization of PS-singularities (singularities of piecewise smooth systems). They consider linear and non-linear regularizations, with monotonic and non-monotonic transitions functions. The paper has tree main results. In the first main result they study the linear regularizations, proving that critical points of the transition function results in non normally hyperbolic points of the SF-system. Moreover, under certain conditions the regularized sliding region is greater then the classical Fillipov sliding region. In the second main result the authors prove that normally-hyperbolic points, SF-fold and SF-transcritical singularities are realizable by linear regularizations of PS-systems, while SF-pitchfork singularities are not. In the third main result the authors prove SF-pitchfork singularities are realizable by non-linear regularizations.