Error estimates for approximating non-hyperbolic heteroclinic orbits of maps (Q706597)

This paper fits in the series of papers on the numerical computation of homoclinic and heteroclinic connections in ordinary differential equations and maps, authored by W.-J. Beyn, his PhD students and some other collaborators. This series started with the seminal work of \textit{W.-J. Beyn} [`The numerical computation of connecting orbits in dynamical systems, IMA J. Numer. Anal. 10, 379--405 (1990; Zbl 0706.65080)]. Further references are given in the present paper. In the present paper error estimates are obtained for approximating non-hyperbolic heteroclinic orbits of maps. Basically, the numerical method proposed for approximating the non-hyperbolic orbit is the same as for hyperbolic orbits; the non-hyperbolicity is restricted to one center direction in one of the endpoints. In a continuation context one therefore deals with a problem that under one-parameter variations generically becomes a problem of hyperbolic heteroclinic connections. Nevertheless, the non-hyperbolicity changes the error estimates in a fundamental way. The special tools needed for the error estimates are the polynomial dichotomy (instead of exponential dichotomy) of linear difference equations and a partial normal form transformation near the non-hyperbolic fixed point. The paper is carefully written and a numerical example with a two-dimensional state space is given.