Separatrix configurations in holomorphic flows

Abstract: We investigate the behavior of boundary orbits (separatrices) of basins of simple equilibria and global elliptic sectors in holomorphic flows with real time. We elucidate whether a blow-up scenario provides an appropriate characterization of separatrices. The continuity of transit times along the boundaries of open, flow-invariant subsets, which we establish in this paper, acts as the central tool in deriving the following three main results: First, we prove that the boundary of basins of centers is entirely composed of double-sided separatrices (blow-up in finite positive and finite negative time). Second, we show that boundary orbits of node and focus basins exhibit finite-time blow-up in the same time direction in which the orbits within the basin tend towards the equilibrium. Additionally, we provide a counterexample to the claim in Theorem 4.3 (3) in [The structure of sectors of zeros of entire flows, K. Broughan (2003)], demonstrating that such a blow-up does not necessarily have to occur in both time directions. Third, we describe the boundary structure of global elliptic sectors. It consists of the multiple equilibrium, one incoming and one outgoing separatrix attached to it, and at most countably many double-sided separatrices.