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2203.04712

Entrée-sortie dans le halo d’une courbe lente semi-stable

C. Lobry

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Category
math.DS
Journal tier
Specialist/Solid
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Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

Audit review

The paper defines Sm, the constrained C-trajectory, and the exit map Sρ via the integral thresholds {+2ρ,0,−2ρ}, and proves the approximation theorem (Theorem 1.5) using nonstandard “halo” arguments and the exponential magnifying change of variables z = [y]ε (the “loupe exponentielle”) to analyze the entry–exit through y = 0. See the system and hypotheses in (4) and §1.2, the C-trajectory and Sρ in Def. 1.1–1.3 and (6), and Theorem 1.5 itself . The paper’s passage near y = 0 derives the thresholds by tracking z and shows that exits occur when ∫ f crosses −2ρ, 0, or +2ρ (e.g., equations (12), (17), (18) in §2.3 and the formalization referred to in App. B.4) . It also proves rapid approach to the slow curve away from zeros of f (barrier-domain argument in §2.1 and App. B.2) and develops the z-dynamics in §2.2 . The candidate model solution reaches the same conclusions but via a different route: exact r± identities leading to U' = (2/ε)(f−y), classical contraction-to-graph estimates away from zeros (invoking Fenichel, though a direct variation-of-constants argument suffices here), and a standard entry–exit balance yielding the same ∫ f thresholds. Minor issues in the model include dropping the integration constant in y(x) = m sinh((1/ε)∫(f−y)), which is only correct when the entry point has y=0; and an unnecessary invocation of Fenichel in a nonautonomous setting (dx/dt = 1), where standard linear estimates already yield O(ε)-tracking. Nevertheless, the model’s reasoning is substantively correct and matches the paper’s choices of segments V, C, H and exit locations Sρ.

Referee report (LaTeX)

\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid

\textbf{Justification:}

The manuscript provides a coherent nonstandard-analytic treatment of a semi slow–fast system, with a clear main theorem and detailed qualitative analysis bolstered by simulations. The entry–exit mechanism is well explained using the exponential magnifier change of variables, and the concatenation picture matches classical understanding. Some arguments are presented at a sketch level or deferred to appendices; modest tightening and a few clarifications would make the paper fully self-contained.