“…Results from nonlinear singular perturbation theory provide the means by which the asymptotic behavior of certain classes of nonlinear boundary value problems can be characterized in their solution space. While results are available for boundary and initial-boundary value problems based on nonlinear partial differential equations, as well as systems of certain classes of nonlinear ordinary differential equations [13,14], we will only discuss results for boundary value problems based on scalar, singularly perturbed, second order, nonlinear ordinary differential equations since this portion of the theory is well known and fairly complete [1]. Equations of this type have the following general formula,…”