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Homoclinic points and moduli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Rense A. Posthumus
Rense A. Posthumus
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, State University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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In this paper we study some conjugacy invariants (moduli) for discrete two dimensional dynamical systems, with a homoclinic tangency. We show that the modulus obtained by Palis in the heteroclinic case also turns up in the case considered here. We also present two new conjugacy invariants.

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 389 - 398
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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