Resonances in area-preserving maps (Q1091003)

A resonance for an area-preserving map is a region of phase space delineated by ''partial separatrices'', curves formed from pieces of the stable and unstable manifold of hyperbolic periodic points. Each resonance has a central periodic orbit, which may be elliptic or hyperbolic with reflection. The partial separatrices have turnstiles like the partial barriers formed from cantori. In this paper we show that the areas of the resonances, as well as the turnstile areas, can be obtained from the actions of homoclinic orbits. Numerical results on the scaling of areas of resonances with period and parameter are given. Computations show that the resonances completely fill phase space when there are no invariant circles. Indeed, we prove that the collection of all hyperbolic cantori together with their partial barriers occupies zero area.