Slow–fast Bogdanov–Takens bifurcations

Abstract

In this paper we study perturbations from planar vector fields having a line of zeros and representing a singular limit of Bogdanov–Takens (BT) bifurcations. We introduce, among other precise definitions, the notion of slow–fast BT-bifurcation and we provide a complete study of the bifurcation diagram and the related phase portraits. Based on geometric singular perturbation theory, including blow-up, we get results that are valid on a uniform neighborhood both in parameter space and in the phase plane.