Model order reduction and composite control for a class of slow-fast systems around a non-hyperbolic point

In this letter we investigate a class of slow-fast systems for which the classical model order reduction technique based on singular perturbations does not apply due to the lack of a Normally Hyperbolic critical manifold. We show, however, that there exists a class of slow-fast systems that after a well-defined change of coordinates have a Normally Hyperbolic critical manifold. This allows the use of model order reduction techniques and to qualitatively describe the dynamics from auxiliary reduced models even in the neighborhood of a non-hyperbolic point. As an important consequence of the model order reduction step, we show that it is possible to design composite controllers that stabilize the (non-hyperbolic) origin.