Geometry
of
the
Melnikov
Vector
Note that
115
M(a,
v,
€)
=
k(a,
v)
+
O(lel).
Hence we have
Proposition
8.3.
Assume
(10.5)
and suppose that there exist
a.
and
vo
such that
(8.6)
n;r(ao,vo)
=
0
and
(8.7)
d
a-
rank[-~(ag,v~)-M(a~,vg)]
=
m.
da
av
Then
Wcc(i-,
e)
and
W;bc(i+,
e)
of system
(2.2)
have
a
point of transversal intersec-
tion.
Proof.
By the implicit mapping theorem, we have
M(al,vl,e)
=
0
and
rank[~;M(al,v~,e)~;M(a~,vl,e)]
=
m
for
(aI,vI)
near
(ao,vo).
Then the state-
ment follows from Theorem
5.5.
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Remark
8.4.
In the case
m
=
1,
the rank condition
(8.7)
gives
a
necessary and
sufficient condition for transversal intersection.
Next we turn to the tangency condition. Here
a
tangential intersection of the
stable and unstable manifolds means that the tangent spaces
of
the stable and unstable
manifolds at
a
point of intersection do not span the whole space. Our discussion
of tangency is based on Corollary
5.8.
Since Corollary
5.8
gives
a
necessary and
sufficient condition for transversality, we consider the situations in which the condition
in Corollary
5.8
is violated.