2508.03942
Dynamics of singularly perturbed sliding flow in Filippov systems
Piotr Kowalczyk, Jan Sieber
correctmedium confidence
- Category
- Not specified
- Journal tier
- Specialist/Solid
- Processed
- Sep 28, 2025, 12:57 AM
- arXiv Links
- Abstract ↗PDF ↗
Audit review
The paper’s Theorem 1 asserts the O(ε) smallness bound for the displacement over times εt under Assumptions 1–3 in the repelling-sliding scenario S−<T−<T+<S+ (equation (9) in the paper), for trajectories that avoid repelling sliding . The candidate solution derives the same leading-order drift and uniform O(ε) remainder via a different argument (slow-manifold tracking and a balance identity for ḣ). One overclaim appears: the candidate states x(εt)−x(0)=εt frd,s(x0)+O(ε^2), whereas the paper only guarantees an O(ε) remainder and explains why time-dependent fluctuations may persist; the O(ε^2) improvement is not justified in general and can be dropped without affecting the main result .
Referee report (LaTeX)
\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions \textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid \textbf{Justification:} The paper provides a careful analysis of singularly perturbed Filippov systems in regimes where standard persistence results fail. Its scenario classification and first-order approximation for the repelling-sliding case are valuable and, together with the one-dimensional fast case, give actionable guidance. Proofs are sound and based on well-established techniques (truncation, return maps), though certain bounds could be made more explicit. Minor clarifications would further strengthen the exposition and reproducibility.