"HomMap" is a library of Fortran routines to AUTO97 or AUTO94 to perform
detection and continuation of homoclinic and heteroclinic points and
their bifurcations for maps and periodically forced systems. In addition,
local bifurcation analysis for periodically forced systems can be more
easily performed with HomMap than only with AUTO. HomMap requires that
AUTO97 or AUTO94 is installed, and it does not run under AUTO86.

The algorithms used in HomMap are described in
 
	K. Yagasaki, Numerical Detection and Continuation of Homoclinic
	Points and Their Bifurcations for Maps and Periodically Forced
	Systems, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 8 (1998),
	1617-1627.

The preprint of this paper is also available from
	"http://mech.gifu-u.ac.jp/~yagasaki/public_e.html".

1. Files
readme.txt:	this file;
hommap.tar.Z:	a compressed tar-file including all files of this package;
hommap.ps.Z:	a compressed file of the manual

2. Install
First uncompress the file hommap.ps.Z by typing "uncompress hommap.ps.Z"
to get the manual. And then install the software according to the manual.

This program is licensed free of charge and there is absolutely no warranty.
Comments, suggestions and reports of bugs are also very much appreciated.


Kazuyuki Yagasaki

Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
Gifu University
Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan

email: yagasaki@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp

June 22, 1999


Note:
AUTO is a computer software package developed by Eusebius Doedel et al
for numerical analysis of local bifurcations. The latest version, AUTO97,
is freely available by anonymous ftp from "ftp.cs.concordia.ca" directory
"pub/doedel/auto". AUTO97 also includes a HomCont library which can analyze
homoclinic and heteroclinic behavior for fixed points of ordinary
differential equations.