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On Shilnikov's scenario in 3D: Topological chaos for vectorfields of class $C^1$

Dynamical Systems 2025-01-06 v1

Abstract

Shilnikov's scenario in 3D consists of a vectorfield VV so that the equation x(t)=V(x(t))R3 x'(t)=V(x(t))\in\mathbb{R}^3 with V(0)=0V(0)=0 has a solution homoclinic to the origin and the eigenvalues of DV(0)DV(0) are u>0u>0 and σ±iμ\sigma\pm i\mu, σ<0<μ\sigma<0<\mu, with 0<σ+u0<\sigma+u. We give a detailed proof that close to the homoclinic loop complicated motion exists provided VV is just once continuously differentiable. The result requires working with flows instead of an ODE, which necessitates major modifications compared to the earlier approach for twice continuously differentiable vectorfields in arXiv:2406.18289 .

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@article{arxiv.2501.01878,
  title  = {On Shilnikov's scenario in 3D: Topological chaos for vectorfields of class $C^1$},
  author = {Hans-Otto Walther},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.01878},
  year   = {2025}
}

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37 pages, 6 figures