Slow foliation of a slow–fast stochastic evolutionary system

Abstract

This work is concerned with the dynamics of a slow–fast stochastic evolutionary system quantified with a scale parameter. An invariant foliation decomposes the state space into geometric regions of different dynamical regimes, and thus helps understand dynamics. A slow invariant foliation is established for this system. It is shown that the slow foliation converges to a critical foliation (i.e., the scale parameter is zero) in probability distribution, as the scale parameter tends to zero. The approximation of slow foliation is also constructed with error estimate in distribution. Furthermore, the geometric structure of the slow foliation is investigated: every fiber of the slow foliation parallels each other, with the slow manifold as a special fiber. In fact, when an arbitrarily chosen point of a fiber falls in the slow manifold, the fiber must be the slow manifold itself.