Global stable invariant manifold

In order to make more direct correspondence between tangency and global changes in the dynamical behavior, we propose to use different methods to characterize chaos. The first one focuses attention on how normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds are connected with each other by their stable and unstable manifolds. Then, crisis would lead to a transition in their connections. The second one is to characterize chaos based on how unstable manifolds are folded as they approach normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds. Then, crisis would manifest itself as a change in their folding patterns. Let us explain these ideas in more detail. 

In Sections IV and V, we discussed these two processes from the viewpoint of chaos. In these discussions, the following points are of importance. As for the barrier crossing, intersection (either homoclinic or heteroclinic) between stable and unstable manifolds offers global information on the reaction paths. It not only includes how transition states are connected with each other, but also reveals how reaction paths bifurcate. Here, the concepts of normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds and crisis are essential. With regard to IVR, the concept of Arnold web is crucial. Then, we suggest that coarse-grained features of the Arnold webs should be studied. In particular, the hierarchy of the web and whether the web is uniformly dense or not would play an important role. 

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