Homoclinic solutions for a class of second order discrete Hamiltonian systems (Q5916090)

The authors consider the second order discrete Hamiltonian systems \[ \Delta ^2 u(n - 1) - L(n)u(n) + \nabla W(n,u(n)) = f(n), \] where \(n \in \mathbb{Z}\), \(u \in \mathbb{R}^N\) and \(W: \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}\) and \(f: \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{R}^N\) are not necessarily periodic in \(n\). Under some comparatively general assumptions on \(L\), \(W\) and \(f\), the authors establish results on the existence of homoclinic orbits. The obtained results successfully generalize those for the scalar case.