Infinite orbit depth and length of Melnikov functions

DOI10.1016/J.ANIHPC.2019.07.003MaRDI QIDQ2334994zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pavao Mardešić, Dmitry Novikov, Laura Ortiz-Bobadilla, Jessie Pontigo-Herrera

Publication date 13 November 2019

Published in Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré. Analyse Non Linéaire (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09627

zbMATH Keywords

16-th Hilbert problemcenter problemiterated integrals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological structure of integral curves, singular points, limit cycles of ordinary differential equations (34C05) Theory of limit cycles of polynomial and analytic vector fields (existence, uniqueness, bounds, Hilbert's 16th problem and ramifications) for ordinary differential equations (34C07) Ordinary differential equations and connections with real algebraic geometry (fewnomials, desingularization, zeros of abelian integrals, etc.) (34C08) Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40)

Abstract: In this paper we study polynomial Hamiltonian systems $dF=0$ in the plane and their small perturbations: $dF+epsilonomega=0$. The first nonzero Melnikov function $M_{mu}=M_{mu}(F,gamma,omega)$ of the Poincar'e map along a loop $gamma$ of $dF=0$ is given by an iterated integral. In a previous work (see arXiv 1703.03837), we bounded the length of the iterated integral $M_{m}u$ by a geometric number $k=k(F,gamma)$ which we call orbit depth. We conjectured that the bound is optimal. Here, we give a simple example of a Hamiltonian system $F$ and its orbit $gamma$ having infinite orbit depth. If our conjecture is true, for this example there should exist deformations $dF+epsilonomega$ with arbitrary high length first nonzero Melnikov function $M_{m}u$ along $gamma$. We construct deformations $dF+epsilonomega=0$ whose first nonzero Melnikov function $M_{m}u$ is of length three and explain the difficulties in constructing deformations having high length first nonzero Melnikov functions $M_{m}u$.

Review text

This paper is motivated by two classical problems in the investigations of orbits for planar vector fields: the 16-th Hilbert problem and the center problem or rather their infinitesimal version. The study of a small perturbations \(dF+\epsilon \omega=0\) for a polynomial Hamiltonian systems \(dF=0\) in the plane is based on the fact that the first nonzero Melnikov function \(M_{\mu}=M_{\mu}(F,\gamma,\omega)\) of the Poincaré map along a loop \(\gamma\) of the system \(dF=0\) is given by an iterated integral. In their previous work [Mosc. Math. J. 18, No. 2, 367--386 (2018; Zbl 1418.34075)], the authors bounded the length of the iterated integral \(M_{\mu}\) by a geometric number \(k=k(F,\gamma)\), called orbit depth, and conjectured that the bound is optimal. Here, they give a simple example of a Hamiltonian system and its orbit \(\gamma\) having infinite orbit depth. If such a conjecture is true there should exist deformations \(dF+\epsilon \omega\) with arbitrary high length for the first nonzero Melnikov function \(M_{\mu}\) along \(\gamma\). The authors construct deformations \(dF+\epsilon \omega=0\) where the function \(M_{\mu}\) has the length three and as well explain the difficulties in constructing deformations having higher length.

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