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Ducks on the torus: existence and uniqueness

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We show that there exist generic slow-fast systems with only one (time-scaling) parameter on the two-torus, which have canard cycles for arbitrary small values of this parameter. This is in drastic contrast with the planar case, where canards usually occur in two-parametric families. Here we treat systems with a convex slow curve. In this case there is a set of parameter values accumulating to zero for which the system has exactly one attracting and one repelling canard cycle. The basin of the attracting cycle is almost the whole torus.

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    I. V. Schurov

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Schurov, I.V. Ducks on the torus: existence and uniqueness. J Dyn Control Syst 16, 267–300 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10883-010-9093-9

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