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We show how the path formulation of bifurcation theory can be made to work, and that it is (essentially) equivalent to the usual parametrized contact equivalence of Golubitsky and Schaeffer.
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Montaldi, J. (1994). The Path Formulation of Bifurcation Theory. In: Chossat, P. (eds) Dynamics, Bifurcation and Symmetry. NATO ASI Series, vol 437. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0956-7_21
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