HOMOCLINIC CONNECTIONS NEAR A BELYAKOV POINT IN CHUA'S EQUATION
Abstract
In this work, the distribution and organization of different homoclinic orbits (double- and triple-pulse) in a ℤ2-symmetric three-dimensional system are studied in the vicinity of a Belyakov point, that is, a point where the involved equilibrium in the homoclinic connection changes from saddle-node to saddle-focus. The analytical results are successfully applied in the study of such degeneration in Chua's equation.