Some remarks on the Melnikov function

We study the Melnikov function associated with a periodic perturbation of a differential equation having a homoclinic orbit. Our main interest is the characterization of perturbations that give rise to vanishing or non-vanishing of the Melnikov function. For this purpose we show that, in some cases,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Flaviano Battelli, Michal Feckan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2002-02-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2002/13/abstr.html