STABILITY OF SUBHARMONIC SOLUTIONS OF FIRST-ORDER HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS WITH ANISOTROPIC GROWTH

Using the dual Morse index theory, we study the stability of subharmonic solutions of first-order autonomous Hamiltonian systems with anisotropic growth, that is, we obtain a sequence of elliptic subharmonic solutions(that is, all its Floquet multipliers lying on the unit circle on the complex plane C).     

Linearized stability and instability of nonconstant periodic solutions of Lagrangian equations

This paper is motivated by the stability problem of nonconstant periodic solutions of time‐periodic Lagrangian equations, like the swing and the elliptic Sitnikov problem. As a beginning step, we will study the linearized stability and instability of nonconstant periodic solutions that are bifurcated from those of autonomous Lagrangian equations. Applying the theory for Hill equations, we will establish a criterion for linearized stability. The criterion shows that the linearized stability depends on the temporal frequencies of the perturbed systems in a delicate way.     

A Morse Index Theorem for Elliptic Operators on Bounded Domains

Given a selfadjoint, elliptic operator L, one would like to know how the spectrum changes as the spatial domain Ω ? ? ⁿ is deformed. For a family of domains {Ω _t } _{t∈[a, b]} we prove that the Morse index of L on Ω _a differs from the Morse index of L on Ω _b by the Maslov index of a path of Lagrangian subspaces on the boundary of Ω. This is particularly useful when Ω _a is a domain for which the Morse index is known, e.g. a region with very small volume. Then the Maslov index computes the difference of Morse indices for the “original” problem (on Ω _b ) and the “simplified” problem (on Ω _a ). This generalizes previous multi-dimensional Morse index theorems that were only available on star-shaped domains or for Dirichlet boundary conditions. We also discuss how one can compute the Maslov index using crossing forms, and present some applications to the spectral theory of Dirichlet and Neumann boundary value problems.     

A symplectic perspective on constrained eigenvalue problems

The Maslov index is a powerful tool for computing spectra of selfadjoint, elliptic boundary value problems. This is done by counting intersections of a fixed Lagrangian subspace, which designates the boundary conditions, with the set of Cauchy data for the differential operator. We apply this methodology to constrained eigenvalue problems, in which the operator is restricted to a (not necessarily invariant) subspace. The Maslov index is defined and used to compute the Morse index of the constrained operator. We then prove a constrained Morse index theorem, which says that the Morse index of the constrained problem equals the number of constrained conjugate points, counted with multiplicity, and give an application to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

Hyperbolicity of elliptic Lagrangian orbits in the planar three body problem

The linear stability of Lagrangian elliptic equilateral triangle homographic solutions in the classical planar three body problem depends on the mass parameterβ=27(m1m2+m2m3+m3m1)/(m1+m2+m3)2∈[0,9]and the eccentricity e∈[0,1).In this paper we use Maslov-type index to study the stability of these solutions and prove that the elliptic Lagrangian solutions is hyperbolic forβ8 with any eccentricity.     

Sub-harmonicity,monotonicity formula and finite Morse index solutions of an elliptic equation with negative exponent

A monotonicity formula for stable solutions to a class of weighted semilinear elliptic equations with "negative exponent" is established.It is well known that such a monotonicity formula plays an essential role in the study of finite Morse index solutions of equations with "positive exponent".Unlike the positive exponent case,we will see that both the monotonicity formula and the sub-harmonicity play crucial roles in classifying positive finite Morse index solutions to the equations with negative exponent and obtaining sharp results for their asymptotic behaviors.     

Qualitative properties and classification of solutions to elliptic equations with Stein-Weiss type convolution part

In this paper, we study the qualitative properties and classification of the solutions to the elliptic equations with Stein-Weiss type convolution part. Firstly, we study the qualitative properties, such as the symmetry, regularity and asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions. Secondly, we classify the non-positive solutions by proving some Liouville type theorems for the finite Morse index solutions and stable solutions to the nonlocal elliptic equations with double weights.

     

Multiple solutions for elliptic equations at resonance

We study an asymptotically linear elliptic equation at resonance, with an odd nonlinearity. By a penalization technique and suitable min-max theorems (which give Morse index estimates), we prove the existence of pairs of non trivial solutions, where N is, roughly speaking, the difference between the Morse indexes at zero and at infinity. Received December 1999     

The Stability of Subharmonic Solutions for Hamiltonian Systems

In this paper, by using the dual Morse index theory, we study the stability of subharmonic solutions of the non-autonomous Hamiltonian systems. We obtain a (infinite) sequence of geometrically distinct periodic solutions such that every element has at most one direction of instability (i.e., it has at least 2n − 2 Floquet multipliers lying on the unit circle in the complex plane if the periodic solution is non-degenerate) or it is elliptic (all its 2n Floquet multipliers are lying on the unit circle) if the periodic solution is degenerate.     

关于半线性椭圆共振问题的注记

本文应用Ｍｏｒｓｅ理论和惩罚性技巧研究了一类半线性椭圆方程在无穷远处和在原点处都共振情形下非平凡解的存在性．     

On homotopy continuation method for computing multiple solutions to the Henon equation

Motivated by numerical examples in solving semilinear elliptic PDEs for multiple solutions, some properties of Newton homotopy continuation method, such as its continuation on symmetries, the Morse index, and certain functional structures, are established. Those results provide useful information on selecting initial points for the method to find desired solutions. As an application, a bifurcation diagram, showing the symmetry/peak breaking phenomena of the Henon equation, is constructed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2008     

Existence and instability of spike layer solutions to singular perturbation problems

An abstract framework is given to establish the existence and compute the Morse index of spike layer solutions of singularly perturbed semilinear elliptic equations. A nonlinear Lyapunov-Schmidt scheme is used to reduce the problem to one on a normally hyperbolic manifold, and the related linearized problem is also analyzed using this reduction. As an application, we show the existence of a multi-peak spike layer solution with peaks on the boundary of the domain, and we also obtain precise estimates of the small eigenvalues of the operator obtained by linearizing at a spike layer solution.     

次二次Hamilton系统的对偶Morse指标及其闭特征的稳定性

本文通过Ｇｅｌｅｒｋｉｎ逼近方法,在没有任何凸的条件下,研究了次二次Ｈａｍｉｌ－ｔｏｎ系统的ｋ对偶Ｍｏｒｓｅ指标理论．作为应用,在本文研究了Ｒ２ｎ中的凸超曲面上的闭特征的稳定性,证明了在一个较宽松的夹条件下,这类超曲面上至少有一条椭圆闭特征．     

Nontrivial solutions of semilinear equations at resonance

In this paper we prove new existence results concerning nontrivial solutions to semilinear elliptic problem at resonance. The methods used here are based on combining the minimax methods and the Morse theory.     

Conley index condition for asymptotic stability

In this paper, we use Conley index theory to develop necessary conditions for stability of equilibrium and periodic solutions of nonlinear continuous-time systems. The Conley index is a topological generalization of the Morse theory which has been developed to analyze dynamical systems using topological methods. In particular, the Conley index of an invariant set with respect to a dynamical system is defined as the relative homology of an index pair for the invariant set. The Conley index can then be used to examine the structure of the system invariant set as well as the system dynamics within the invariant set, including system stability properties. Efficient numerical algorithms using homology theory have been developed in the literature to compute the Conley index and can be used to deduce the stability properties of nonlinear dynamical systems.     

Quasilinear elliptic problems under strong resonance conditions

In this paper we establish the existence and multiplicity of solutions for a quasilinear elliptic problem under strong resonance conditions at infinity. In order to control the resonance we consider a new hypothesis on the nonlinear term. In all results we use Variational Methods, Critical Groups and the Morse Theory.     

Disjunctive Optimization: Critical Point Theory

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of (nondegenerate) stationary points and stationary index for disjunctive optimization problems. Two basic theorems from Morse theory, which imply the validity of the (standard) Morse relations, are proved. The first one is a deformation theorem which applies outside the stationary point set. The second one is a cell-attachment theorem which applies at nondegenerate stationary points. The dimension of the cell to be attached equals the stationary index. Here, the stationary index depends on both the restricted Hessian of the Lagrangian and the set of active inequality constraints. In standard optimization problems, the latter contribution vanishes.     

Properties of positive solutions to an elliptic equation with negative exponent

In this paper, we study some quantitative properties of positive solutions to a singular elliptic equation with negative power on the bounded smooth domain or in the whole Euclidean space. Our model arises in the study of the steady states of thin films and other applied physics as well as differential geometry. We can get some useful local gradient estimate and L¹ lower bound for positive solutions of the elliptic equation. A uniform positive lower bound for convex positive solutions is also obtained. We show that in lower dimensions, there is no stable positive solutions in the whole space. In the whole space of dimension two, we can show that there is no positive smooth solution with finite Morse index. Symmetry properties of related integral equations are also given.     

Index theory for linear selfadjoint operator equations and nontrivial solutions for asymptotically linear operator equations

We develop index theories for linear selfadjoint operator equations and investigate multiple solutions for asymptotically linear operator equations. The operator equations consist of two kinds: the first has finite Morse index and can be used to investigate second order Hamiltonian systems and elliptic partial differential equations; the second may have infinite Morse index and can be used to investigate first order Hamiltonian systems.