Bifurcation to infinitely many sinks (Q788362)

The paper considers one parameter families \(F_ t\) of diffeomorphisms of a surface in which a homoclinic intersection of stable and unstable manifolds of a saddle point \(P_ t\) is created at \(t=t_ 0\). If n is the period of \(P_ t\), it is assumed that \(| \det DF^ n_ t(P)|<1\). It is proved that if the new homoclinic intersection is a finite order tangency of the stable and unstable manifolds, then there are parameters \(t_ i\) near \(t_ 0\) for which \(F_{t_ i}\) has a periodic sink near the homoclinic intersection. The paper also gives a variant of results of the reviewer showing that if the homoclinic intersection is non-degenerate, then there are t's near \(t_ 0\) for which \(F_ t\) has infinitely many sinks.