A High-Order Melnikov Method for Heteroclinic Orbits in Planar Vector Fields and Heteroclinic Persisting Perturbations

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Figure 3: A High-Order Melnikov Method for Heteroclinic Orbits in Planar Vector Fields and Heteroclinic Persisting Perturbations 