Exponential dichotomies, heteroclinic orbits, and Melnikov functions (Q749741)

The authors consider an n-dimensional perturbed system (*) \(dz/dt=g(z)+h(t,z,\epsilon),\) where the perturbation term h(t,z,\(\epsilon\)) is bounded, \(\epsilon\) being a multidimensional parameter, and they give, using the method of Lyapunov-Schmidt, a sufficient condition for the existence of a bounded solution of (*) as the solvability condition of a system of bifurcation equations whose coefficients depend only on the solutions of the unperturbed system of (*), \(dz/dt=g(z)\), and the perturbation term h(t,z,\(\epsilon\)) (Theorem 4). This gives generalizations of the results obtained by \textit{J. Gruendler} [SIAM J. Math. Anal. 16, 907-931 (1985; Zbl 0601.70017)] and \textit{K. J. Palmer} [J. Differ. Equations 55, 225-256 (1984; Zbl 0508.58035)].