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On the Poincare Index of Isolated Invariant Sets

Dynamical Systems 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we use Conley index theory to examine the Poincare index of an isolated invariant set. We obtain some limiting conditions on a critical point of a planar vector field to be an isolated invariant set. As a result we show the existence of infinitely many homoclinic orbits for a critical point with the Poincare index greater than one.

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@article{arxiv.math/0102143,
  title  = {On the Poincare Index of Isolated Invariant Sets},
  author = {M. R. Razvan and M. Fotouhi Firoozabad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0102143},
  year   = {2007}
}