Melnikov method for discontinuous planar systems Original Research Article

This paper treats the occurrence of homoclinic solutions in planar systems with discontinuous right-hand side. More precisely, we deal with a TT-periodic perturbed system such that the unperturbed system is an autonomous possessing homoclinic orbit. By means of the so-called “non-smooth” Melnikov function there is shown the existence of a homoclinic solution for a perturbed system. The non-smooth Melnikov function is derived, and the method of how to find it in concrete problems is also introduced.