Ground states and critical points for generalized Frenkel–Kontorova models in \pmb{\mathbb Z}^d

DOI10.1088/0951-7715/20/10/008zbMath1206.82026OpenAlexW2089273352MaRDI QIDQ5421414

Rafael de la Llave, Enrico Valdinoci

Publication date: 22 October 2007

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715/20/10/008

zbMATH Keywords

Aubry-Mather theoryFrenkel-Kontorova modelPeierls-Nabarro barrier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Existence of solutions for minimax problems (49J35) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Periodic and almost periodic solutions for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H12)

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