The Tricomi problem on the existence of homoclinic orbits in dissipative systems

The principles of the proof of the existence of homoclinic orbits in dissipative dynamical systems are described. The application of these principles in the case of a Lorenz system enables new criteria for the existence of homoclinic orbits to be formulated.     

Multi-bump orbits homoclinic to resonance bands

We establish the existence of several classes of multi-bump orbits homoclinic to resonance bands for completely-integrable Hamiltonian systems subject to small-amplitude Hamiltonian or dissipative perturbations. Each bump is a fast excursion away from the resonance band, and the bumps are interspersed with slow segments near the resonance band. The homoclinic orbits, which include multi-bump \v{S}ilnikov orbits, connect equilibria and periodic orbits in the resonance band. The main tools we use in the existence proofs are the exchange lemma with exponentially small error and the existence theory of orbits homoclinic to resonance bands which make only one fast excursion away from the resonance bands.

     

Homoclinic orbits and chaos in discretized perturbed NLS systems: Part II. Symbolic dynamics

Summary In Part I ([9], this journal), Li and McLaughlin proved the existence of homoclinic orbits in certain discrete NLS systems. In this paper, we will construct Smale horseshoes based on the existence of homoclinic orbits in these systems. First, we will construct Smale horseshoes for a general high dimensional dynamical system. As a result, a certain compact, invariant Cantor set Λ is constructed. The Poincaré map on Λ induced by the flow is shown to be topologically conjugate to the shift automorphism on two symbols, 0 and 1. This gives rise to deterministicchaos. We apply the general theory to the discrete NLS systems as concrete examples. Of particular interest is the fact that the discrete NLS systems possess a symmetric pair of homoclinic orbits. The Smale horseshoes and chaos created by the pair of homoclinic orbits are also studied using the general theory. As a consequence we can interpret certain numerical experiments on the discrete NLS systems as “chaotic center-wing jumping.”     

Persistent Homoclinic Orbits for Perturbed Nonlinear Schroding Equation With Derivative Term

In recent years there have been existence studies on the extensive of homoclinic orbits for mearly dissipative PDEs,which are chosely related to chaos.In this work,we consider the perturbe     

Homoclinic Orbits for a Perturbed Lattice Modified KdV Equation

We establish the splitting of homoclinic orbits for a near-integrable lattice modified KdV (mKdV) equation with periodic boundary conditions. We use the Bäcklund transformation to construct homoclinic orbits of the lattice mKdV equation. We build the Melnikov function with the gradient of the invariant defined through the discrete Floquet discriminant evaluated at critical points. The criteria for the persistence of homoclinic solutions of the perturbed lattice mKdV equation are established.     

Existence of nontrivial homoclinic orbits for fourth-order difference equations

We obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of nontrivial homoclinic orbits for fourth-order difference equations by using Mountain Pass Theorem, a weak convergence argument and a discrete version of Lieb’s lemma.     

Chaos in PDEs and Lax Pairs of Euler Equations

Recently, the author and collaborators have developed a systematic program for proving the existence of homoclinic orbits in partial differential equations. Two typical forms of homoclinic orbits thus obtained are: (1) transversal homoclinic orbits, (2) Silnikov homoclinic orbits. Around the transversal homoclinic orbits in infinite-dimensional autonomous systems, the author was able to prove the existence of chaos through a shadowing lemma. Around the Silnikov homoclinic orbits, the author was able to prove the existence of chaos through a horseshoe construction.Very recently, there has been a breakthrough by the author in finding Lax pairs for Euler equations of incompressible inviscid fluids. Further results have been obtained by the author and collaborators.     

Homoclinic,heteroclinic and periodic orbits of singularly perturbed systems

The main aims of this paper are to study the persistence of homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits of the reduced systems on normally hyperbolic critical manifolds, and also the limit cycle bifurcations either from the homoclinic loop of the reduced systems or from a family of periodic orbits of the layer systems. For the persistence of homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits, and the limit cycles bifurcating from a homolinic loop of the reduced systems, we provide a new and readily detectable method to characterize them compared with the usual Melnikov method when the reduced system forms a generalized rotated vector field. To determine the limit cycles bifurcating from the families of periodic orbits of the layer systems, we apply the averaging methods.We also provide two four-dimensional singularly perturbed differential systems, which have either heteroclinic or homoclinic orbits located on the slow manifolds and also three limit cycles bifurcating from the periodic orbits of the layer system.     

Infinitely many homoclinic orbits for the second-order Hamiltonian systems

In this paper, the existence of homoclinic orbits for the second-order Hamiltonian systems without periodicity is studied and infinitely many homoclinic orbits for both superlinear and asymptotically linear cases are obtained.     

Bifurcation of Degenerate Homoclinic Orbits to Saddle-Center in Reversible Systems

The authors study the bifurcation of homoclinic orbits from a degenerate homoclinic orbit in reversible system. The unperturbed system is assumed to have saddlecenter type equilibrium whose stable and unstable manifolds intersect in two-dimensional manifolds. A perturbation technique for the detection of symmetric and nonsymmetric homoclinic orbits near the primary homoclinic orbits is developed. Some known results are extended.     

Homoclinic Orbits for Second Order Discrete Hamiltonian Systems with Potential Changing Sign

In this paper, a class of second order discrete Hamiltonian systems without any periodicity assumptions are considered. Base on the critical point theory, some sufficient conditions for the existence of homoclinic orbits are obtained. The results obtained extend the results in [2006] by relaxing the assumptions on the sign of the potential.      

Homoclinic orbits for Hamiltonian systems induced by impulses

In this paper, we consider a class of impulsive Hamiltonian systems with a p‐Laplacian operator. Under certain conditions, we establish the existence of homoclinic orbits by means of the mountain pass theorem and an approximation technique. In some special cases, the homoclinic orbits are induced by the impulses in the sense that the associated non‐impulsive systems admit no non‐trivial homoclinic orbits. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Homoclinic and Periodic Orbits Arising Near the Heteroclinic Cycle Connecting Saddle-focus and Saddle Under Reversible Condition

In this paper, we study the dynamical behavior for a 4-dimensional reversible system near its heteroclinic loop connecting a saddle-focus and a saddle. The existence of infinitely many reversible 1-homoclinic orbits to the saddle and 2-homoclinic orbits to the saddle-focus is shown. And it is also proved that, corresponding to each 1-homoclinic （resp. 2-homoclinic） orbit F, there is a spiral segment such that the associated orbits starting from the segment are all reversible 1-periodic （resp. 2-periodic） and accumulate onto F. Moreover, each 2-homoclinic orbit may be also accumulated by a sequence of reversible 4-homoclinic orbits.     

Melnikov方法和圆型平面限制性三体问题的横截同宿研究*

本文对由两自由度近可积哈密顿系统经非正则变换而得到的,具有高阶不动点的非哈密顿系统给出了判别横截同宿轨和横截异宿轨存在性的两条判据。对原二体质量比很小时近可积圆型平面限制性三体问题,采用本文判据证明存在横截同宿轨,从而存在横截同宿穿插现象;还在一定假设下证明了存在横截异宿轨;并给出了全局定性相图。     

Bifurcation of Degenerate Homoclinic Orbits toSaddle-Center in Reversible Systems

The authors study the bifurcation of homoclinic orbits from a degenerate homoclinic orbit in reversible system. The unperturbed system is assumed to have saddle-center type equilibrium whose stable and unstable manifolds intersect in two-dimensional manifolds. A perturbation technique for the detection of symmetric and nonsymmetric homoctinic orbits near the primary homoclinic orbits is developed. Some known results are extended.     

Critical homoclinic orbits lead to snap-back repellers

When nondegenerate homoclinic orbits to an expanding fixed point of a map f:X→X,X⊆Rⁿ, exist, the point is called a snap-back repeller. It is known that the relevance of a snap-back repeller (in its original definition) is due to the fact that it implies the existence of an invariant set on which the map is chaotic. However, when does the first homoclinic orbit appear? When can other homoclinic explosions, i.e., appearance of infinitely many new homoclinic orbits, occur? As noticed by many authors, these problems are still open. In this work we characterize these bifurcations, for any kind of map, smooth or piecewise smooth, continuous or discontinuous, defined in a bounded or unbounded closed set. We define a noncritical homoclinic orbit and a homoclinic orbit of an expanding fixed point is structurally stable iff it is noncritical. That is, only critical homoclinic orbits are responsible for the homoclinic explosions. The possible kinds of critical homoclinic orbits will be also investigated, as well as their dynamic role.     

在连续的时间系统中不存在Shilnikov型混沌

在n维的、时间连续的光滑系统中,得到了不存在同宿轨道和异宿轨道的条件.基于此结论并用一个基本实例,推断出如下结论:在多项式常微分方程系统中,有着以不存在同宿轨道和异宿轨道为特征的第4类混沌.     

Bifurcation of Homoclinic Orbits with Saddle-Center Equilibrium

In this paper, the authors develop new global perturbation techniques for detecting the persistence of transversal homoclinic orbits in a more general nondegenerated system with action-angle variable. The unperturbed system is assumed to have saddle-center type equilibrium whose stable and unstable manifolds intersect in one dimensional manifold, and does not have to be completely integrable or near-integrable. By constructing local coordinate systems near the unperturbed homoclinic orbit, the conditions of existence of transversal homoclinic orbit are obtained, and the existence of periodic orbits bifurcated from homoclinic orbit is also considered.     

Davey-Stewartson方程的同宿轨道

研究了Davey-Stewartson方程的同宿轨道解的问题,利用Hirota方法,通过给出的相关变换,构造出Davey-Stewartson方程的同宿解,给出了同宿解的解析表达式,并讨论了Davey-Stewartson的同宿轨道．