
On entry-exit formulas for degenerate turning point problems in planar slow-fast systems
In this paper, we study degenerate entry-exit problems associated with planar slow-fast systems having an invariant line $\{(x,y)\,:\,y=0\}$ with a turning point at $x=0$. The degeneracy stems from the fact that the slow flow has a saddle-node of even order $2n$, $n\in \mathbb N$, at the turning point, i.e. $x' = -x^{2n}(1+o(1))$ for $ε=0$. We are motivated by the appearance of such turning point problems (for $n=1$) in the graphics $(I_2^1)$ and $(I_4^1)$, through a nilpotent saddle-node sing…