The Liapunov center theorem for a class of equivariant Hamiltonian systems (Q410196)

Summary: We consider the existence of the periodic solutions in the neighbourhood of equilibria for \(C^\infty\) equivariant Hamiltonian vector fields. If the equivariant symmetry \(S\) acts antisymplectically and \(S^2 = I\), we prove that generically purely imaginary eigenvalues are doubly degenerate and the equilibrium is contained in a local two-dimensional flow-invariant manifold, consisting of a one-parameter family of symmetric periodic solutions and two two-dimensional flow-invariant manifolds each containing a one-parameter family of nonsymmetric periodic solutions. The result is a version of Liapunov Center theorem for a class of equivariant Hamiltonian systems.