
Geometry 
of 
the 
Melnikov 
Vector 
Note that 
115 
M(a, 
v, 
€) 
= 
k(a, 
v) 
+ 
O(lel). 
Hence we have 
Proposition 
8.3. 
Assume 
(10.5) 
and suppose that there exist 
a. 
and 
vo 
such that 
(8.6) 
n;r(ao,vo) 
= 
0 
and 
(8.7) 
d 
a- 
rank[-~(ag,v~)-M(a~,vg)] 
= 
m. 
da 
av 
Then 
Wcc(i-, 
e) 
and 
W;bc(i+, 
e) 
of  system 
(2.2) 
have 
a 
point  of  transversal intersec- 
tion. 
Proof. 
By  the  implicit  mapping  theorem,  we  have 
M(al,vl,e) 
= 
0 
and 
rank[~;M(al,v~,e)~;M(a~,vl,e)] 
= 
m 
for 
(aI,vI) 
near 
(ao,vo). 
Then the state- 
ment follows from Theorem 
5.5. 
I 
Remark 
8.4. 
In  the case 
m 
= 
1, 
the rank  condition 
(8.7) 
gives 
a 
necessary  and 
sufficient condition for transversal intersection. 
Next  we  turn to the tangency condition.  Here 
a 
tangential  intersection  of  the 
stable and unstable manifolds means that the tangent spaces 
of 
the stable and unstable 
manifolds  at 
a 
point  of  intersection do not  span  the whole  space.  Our  discussion 
of  tangency  is  based  on  Corollary 
5.8. 
Since  Corollary 
5.8 
gives 
a 
necessary  and 
sufficient condition for transversality,  we  consider the situations in which the condition 
in Corollary 
5.8 
is violated.