Stable manifold theorem

In mathematics, especially in the study of dynamical systems and differential equations, the stable manifold theorem is an important result about the structure of the set of orbits approaching a given hyperbolic fixed point.

Let

f:U\subset \mathbb {R} ^{n}\to \mathbb {R} ^{n}

be a smooth map with hyperbolic fixed point at $p$ . We denote by $W^{s}(p)$ the stable set and by $W^{u}(p)$ the unstable set of $p$ .

The theorem^[1]^[2]^[3] states that

$W^{s}(p)$ is a smooth manifold and its tangent space has the same dimension as the stable space of the linearization of $f$ at $p$ .
$W^{u}(p)$ is a smooth manifold and its tangent space has the same dimension as the unstable space of the linearization of $f$ at $p$ .

Accordingly $W^{s}(p)$ is a stable manifold and $W^{u}(p)$ is an unstable manifold.

Notes

S. S. Sritharan, "Invariant Manifold Theory for Hydrodynamic Transition", John Wiley & Sons, (1990), ISBN 0-582-06781-2

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