Multiple Periodic Solutions of Small Vector Fields on Differentiable Manifolds

Vector Fields on Manifolds

where n = dim M and 6» = ith Betti number of M ( = dim of Hi(M; Q)). Thus the geometric property of M having a nonzero vector field is expressed in terms of the algebraic invariant xM. We will discuss extensions of this idea to vector ^-fields, fields of ^-planes, and foliations of manifolds. All manifolds considered will be connected, smooth and without boundary; all maps will be continuous. F...

Notes on Differentiable Manifolds

Harmonic-Killing vector fields on Kähler manifolds

In a previous paper we have considered the harmonicity of local infinitesimal transformations associated to a vector field on a (pseudo)-Riemannian manifold to characterise intrinsi-cally a class of vector fields that we have called harmonic-Killing vector fields. In this paper we extend this study to other properties, such as the pluriharmonicity and the α-pluriharmonicity (α harmonic 2-form) ...

Periodic Solutions and Slow Manifolds

After reviewing a number of results from geometric singular perturbation theory, we give an example of a theorem for periodic solutions in a slow manifold. This is illustrated by examples involving the van der Pol-equation and a modified logistic equation. Regarding nonhyperbolic transitions we discuss a four-dimensional relaxation oscillation and also canard-like solutions emerging from the mo...

construction of vector fields with positive lyapunov exponents

in this thesis our aim is to construct vector field in r3 for which the corresponding one-dimensional maps have certain discontinuities. two kinds of vector fields are considered, the first the lorenz vector field, and the second originally introced here. the latter have chaotic behavior and motivate a class of one-parameter families of maps which have positive lyapunov exponents for an open in...