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Heteroclinic intersections between Invariant Circles of Volume-Preserving Maps

Chaotic Dynamics 2010-06-22 v1

Abstract

We develop a Melnikov method for volume-preserving maps with codimension one invariant manifolds. The Melnikov function is shown to be related to the flux of the perturbation through the unperturbed invariant surface. As an example, we compute the Melnikov function for a perturbation of a three-dimensional map that has a heteroclinic connection between a pair of invariant circles. The intersection curves of the manifolds are shown to undergo bifurcations in homology

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0211027,
  title  = {Heteroclinic intersections between Invariant Circles of Volume-Preserving Maps},
  author = {H. E. Lomeli and J. D. Meiss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0211027},
  year   = {2010}
}

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