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Chaotic dynamics in ${\mathbb Z}_2$-equivariant unfoldings of codimension three singularities of vector fields in ${\mathbb R}^3$

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2000

FREDDY DUMORTIER
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Universitaire Campus, B-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium (e-mail: freddy.dumortier@luc.ac.be)
HIROSHI KOKUBU
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan (e-mail: kokubu@kusm.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
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Abstract

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We study the most generic nilpotent singularity of a vector field in ${\mathbb R}^3$ which is equivariant under reflection with respect to a line, say the $z$-axis. We prove the existence of eight equivalence classes for $C^0$-equivalence, all determined by the 2-jet. We also show that in certain cases, the ${\mathbb Z}_2$-equivariant unfoldings generically contain codimension one heteroclinic cycles which are comparable to the Shil'nikov-type homoclinic cycle in non-equivariant unfoldings. The heteroclinic cycles are accompanied by infinitely many horseshoes and also have a reasonable possibility of generating suspensions of Hénon-like attractors, and even Lorenz-like attractors.

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2000 Cambridge University Press