Dynamics of the FitzHugh–Nagumo system having invariant algebraic surfaces

Abstract

In this paper, we study the dynamics of the FitzHugh–Nagumo system $$\dot{x}=z,\;\dot{y}=b\left( x-dy\right) ,\;\dot{z}=x\left( x-1\right) \left( x-a\right) +y+cz$$ having invariant algebraic surfaces. This system has four different types of invariant algebraic surfaces. The dynamics of the FitzHugh–Nagumo system having two of these classes of invariant algebraic surfaces have been characterized in Valls (J Nonlinear Math Phys 26:569–578, 2019). Using the quasi-homogeneous directional blow-up and the Poincaré compactification, we describe the dynamics of the FitzHugh–Nagumo system having the two remaining classes of invariant algebraic surfaces. Moreover, for these FitzHugh–Nagumo systems we prove that they do not have limit cycles.