Invariant tori for commuting Hamiltonian PDEs

We generalize to some PDEs a theorem by Eliasson and Nekhoroshev on the persistence of invariant tori in Hamiltonian systems with r integrals of motion and n degrees of freedom, r?n. The result we get ensures the persistence of an r-parameter family of r-dimensional invariant tori. The parameters belong to a Cantor-like set. The proof is based on the Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition and on the standard implicit function theorem. Some of the persistent tori are resonant. We also give an application to the nonlinear wave equation with periodic boundary conditions on a segment and to a system of coupled beam equations. In the first case we construct 2-dimensional tori, while in the second case we construct 3-dimensional tori.     

Numerical invariant tori of symplectic integrators for integrable Hamiltonian systems

In this paper, we study the persistence of invariant tori of integrable Hamiltonian systems satisfying Rssmann's non-degeneracy condition when symplectic integrators are applied to them. Meanwhile, we give an estimate of the measure of the set occupied by the invariant tori in the phase space. On an invariant torus,numerical solutions are quasi-periodic with a diophantine frequency vector of time step size dependence. These results generalize Shang's previous ones(1999, 2000), where the non-degeneracy condition is assumed in the sense of Kolmogorov.     

Completely degenerate lower-dimensional invariant tori for Hamiltonian system

We study the persistence of lower-dimensional invariant tori for a nearly integrable completely degenerate Hamiltonian system. It is shown that the majority of unperturbed invariant tori can survive from the perturbations which are only assumed the smallness and smoothness.     

A quasi-periodic Poincaré's theorem

We study the persistence of invariant tori on resonant surfaces of a nearly integrable Hamiltonian system under the usual Kolmogorov non-degenerate condition. By introducing a quasi-linear iterative scheme to deal with small divisors, we generalize the Poincaré theorem on the maximal resonance case (i.e., the periodic case) to the general resonance case (i.e., the quasi-periodic case) by showing the persistence of majority of invariant tori associated to non-degenerate relative equilibria on any resonant surface.The first author was partially supported by NSFC grant 19971042, the National 973 Project of China: Nonlinearity, and the outstanding young's project of the Ministry of Education of China.The second author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS9803581.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): Primary 58F05, 58F27, 58F30     

Persistence of Hyperbolic Tori in Generalized Hamiltonian Systems

In this paper we prove the persistence of hyperbolic invariant tori in generalized Hamiltonian systems, which may admit a distinct number of action and angle variables. The systems under consideration can be odd dimensional in tangent direction. Our results generalize the well-known results of Graff and Zehnder in standard Hamiltonians. In our case the unperturbed Hamiltonian systems may be degenerate. We also consider the persistence problem of hyperbolic tori on sub manifolds.     

Persistence of hyperbolic tori in Hamiltonian systems

We generalize the well-known result of Graff and Zehnder on the persistence of hyperbolic invariant tori in Hamiltonian systems by considering non-Floquet, frequency varying normal forms and allowing the degeneracy of the unperturbed frequencies. The preservation of part or full frequency components associated to the degree of non-degeneracy is considered. As applications, we consider the persistence problem of hyperbolic tori on a submanifold of a nearly integrable Hamiltonian system and the persistence problem of a fixed invariant hyperbolic torus in a non-integrable Hamiltonian system.     

A geometrical method for the approximation of invariant tori

We consider a numerical method based on the so-called “orthogonality condition” for the approximation and continuation of invariant tori under flows. The basic method was originally introduced by Moore [Computation and parameterization of invariant curves and tori, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 15 (1991) 245–263], but that work contained no stability or consistency results. We show that the method is unconditionally stable and consistent in the special case of a periodic orbit. However, we also show that the method is unstable for two-dimensional tori in three-dimensional space when the discretization includes even numbers of points in both angular coordinates, and we point out potential difficulties when approximating invariant tori possessing additional invariant sub-manifolds (e.g., periodic orbits). We propose some remedies to these difficulties and give numerical results to highlight that the end method performs well for invariant tori of practical interest.     

The hyperbolic invariant tori of symplectic mappings

In this paper we study the persistence of lower dimensional hyperbolic invariant tori for nearly integrable twist symplectic mappings. Under a Rüssmann-type non-degenerate condition, by introducing a modified KAM iteration scheme, we proved that nearly integrable twist symplectic mappings admit a family of lower dimensional hyperbolic invariant tori as long as the symplectic perturbation is small enough.     

Umbilical torus bifurcations in Hamiltonian systems

We consider perturbations of integrable Hamiltonian systems in the neighbourhood of normally umbilic invariant tori. These lower dimensional tori do not satisfy the usual non-degeneracy conditions that would yield persistence by an adaption of KAM theory, and there are indeed regions in parameter space with no surviving torus. We assume appropriate transversality conditions to hold so that the tori in the unperturbed system bifurcate according to a (generalised) umbilical catastrophe. Combining techniques of KAM theory and singularity theory we show that such bifurcation scenarios of invariant tori survive the perturbation on large Cantor sets. Applications to gyrostat dynamics are pointed out.     

Invariant hyperbolic tori for Gevrey-smooth Hamiltonian systems under Rüssmann’s non-degeneracy condition

In this paper, we prove the persistence of hyperbolic lower dimensional invariant tori for Gevrey-smooth perturbations of partially integrable Hamiltonian systems under Riissmann＇s nondegeneracy condition by an improved KAM iteration, and the persisting invariant tori are Gevrey smooth, with the same Gevrey index as the Hamiltonian.     

Normal linear stability of quasi-periodic tori

We consider families of dynamical systems having invariant tori that carry quasi-periodic motions. Our interest is the persistence of such tori under small, nearly-integrable perturbations. This persistence problem is studied in the dissipative, the Hamiltonian and the reversible setting, as part of a more general kam theory for classes of structure preserving dynamical systems. This concerns the parametrized kam theory as initiated by Moser [J.K. Moser, On the theory of quasiperiodic motions, SIAM Rev. 8 (2) (1966)145-172; J.K. Moser, Convergent series expansions for quasi-periodic motions, Math. Ann. 169 (1967) 136-176] and further developed in [G.B. Huitema, Unfoldings of quasi-periodic tori, PhD thesis, University of Groningen, 1988; H.W. Broer, G.B. Huitema, F. Takens, Unfoldings of quasi-periodic tori, Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (421) (1990) 1-82; H.W. Broer, G.B. Huitema, Unfoldings of quasi-periodic tori in reversible systems, J. Dynam. Differential Equations 7 (1) (1995) 191-212]. The corresponding nondegeneracy condition involves certain (trans-)versality conditions on the normal linear, leading, part at the invariant tori. We show that as a consequence, a Cantor family of Diophantine tori with positive Hausdorff measure is persistent under nearly-integrable perturbations. This result extends the above references since presently the case of multiple Floquet exponents is included. Our leading example is the normal resonance, which occurs a lot in applications, both Hamiltonian and reversible. As an illustration of this we briefly describe the Lagrange top coupled to an oscillator.     

Local bifurcations of plane running waves for the generalized cubic Schrödinger equation

For the generalized cubic Schrödinger equation, we consider a periodic boundary value problem in the case of n independent space variables. For this boundary value problem, there exists a countable set of plane running waves periodic with respect to the time variable. We analyze their stability and local bifurcations under the change of stability. We show that invariant tori of dimension 2, ..., n + 1 can bifurcate from each of them. We obtain asymptotic formulas for the solutions on invariant tori and stability conditions for bifurcating tori as well as parameter ranges in which, starting from n = 3, a subcritical (stiff) bifurcation of invariant tori is possible.     

Persistence of lower dimensional tori of general types in Hamiltonian systems

This work is a generalization to a result of J. You (1999). We study the persistence of lower dimensional tori of general type in Hamiltonian systems of general normal forms. By introducing a modified linear KAM iterative scheme to deal with small divisors, we shall prove a persistence result, under a Melnikov type of non-resonance condition, which particularly allows multiple and degenerate normal frequencies of the unperturbed lower dimensional tori.

     

具拟周期摄动的近可积Hamiltonian系统的KAM型定理

In this paper we consider the persistence of invariant tori of an integrable Hamiltonian system with a quasiperiodic perturbation. It is proved that if the unperturbed system satisfies the Rtissmann non-degenerate condition and the perturbed system satisfies the co-linked non-resonant condition, then the majority of invariant tori is persistent under the perturbation.     

Persistence of lower-dimensional hyperbolic invariant tori for generalized Hamiltonian systems

In this paper we study the persistence of lower dimensional hyperbolic invariant tori for generalized Hamiltonian systems. Here the generalized Hamiltonian systems refer to the systems which may admit a distinct number of action and angle variables. In particular, systems under consideration can be odd-dimensional. Under Rüssmann-type non-degenerate condition, by introducing a modified linear KAM iterative scheme, we proved that the majority of the lower-dimensional hyperbolic invariant tori persist under small perturbations for generalized Hamiltonian systems.     

The reversible context 2 in KAM theory: the first steps

The reversible context 2 in KAM theory refers to the situation where dim FixG < 1/2 codim T, here FixG is the fixed point manifold of the reversing involution G and T is the invariant torus one deals with. Up to now, this context has been entirely unexplored. We obtain a first result on the persistence of invariant tori in the reversible context 2 (for the particular case where dim Fix G = 0) using J. Moser’s modifying terms theorem of 1967.     

Persistence of lower-dimensional tori under the first Melnikov's non-resonance condition

In this paper we prove the persistence of lower-dimensional invariant tori of integrable equations after Hamiltonian perturbations under the first Melnikov's non-resonance condition. The proof is based on an improved KAM machinery which works for the angle variable dependent normal form. By an example, we also show the necessity of the Melnikov's first non-resonance condition for the persistence of lower dimensional tori.     

PERSISTENCE OF RESONANT INVARIANT TORI WITH NON-HAMILTONIAN PERTURBATION

A persistence theorem for resonant invariant tori with non-Hamiltonian perturbation is proved. The method is a combination of the theory of normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds and an appropriate continuation method. The results obtained are extensions of Chicone‘s for the three dimensional non-Hamiltonian systems.     

Persistence of Invariant Tori on Submanifolds in Hamiltonian Systems

Summary. Generalizing the degenerate KAM theorem under the Rüssmann nondegeneracy and the isoenergetic KAM theorem, we employ a quasilinear iterative scheme to study the persistence and frequency preservation of invariant tori on a smooth submanifold for a real analytic, nearly integrable Hamiltonian system. Under a nondegenerate condition of Rüssmann type on the submanifold, we shall show the following: (a) the majority of the unperturbed tori on the submanifold will persist; (b) the perturbed toral frequencies can be partially preserved according to the maximal degeneracy of the Hessian of the unperturbed system and be fully preserved if the Hessian is nondegenerate; (c) the Hamiltonian admits normal forms near the perturbed tori of arbitrarily prescribed high order. Under a subisoenergetic nondegenerate condition on an energy surface, we shall show that the majority of unperturbed tori give rise to invariant tori of the perturbed system of the same energy which preserve the ratio of certain components of the respective frequencies.     

Some Aspects of Conservative and Dissipative KAM Theorems

We discuss some aspects of conservative and dissipative KAM theorems, with particular reference to a comparison between the main assumptions needed to develop KAM theory in the two settings. After analyzing the qualitative behavior of a paradigmatic model (the standard mapping), we study the existence of quasi?Cperiodic tori in the two frameworks, paying special attention to the occurrence of small divisors and to the non?Cdegeneracy (twist) condition in the conservative and in the dissipative case. These conditions are the main requirements for the applicability of KAM theorem, which is then stated for invariant tori as well as for invariant attractors. We proceed to discuss a criterion for the determination of the breakdown threshold of invariant tori and invariant attractors through approximating periodic orbits. These results can be applied to a wide set of physical problems; concrete applications to Celestial Mechanics are discussed with particular reference to the rotational and orbital motion of celestial bodies.