The stability of Hamiltonian systems in the case of a multiple fourth- order resonance (Q1314208)

2-dimensional Hamiltonian systems are considered. It is assumed that the Hamiltonian is not definite and that the eigenvalues of the system are pure imaginary and different. Two interesting cases are studied. In the first one the system has two independent fourth order resonances, in the second it has two fourth order resonances coupled through one eigenvalue. Several theorems are proved that provide conditions of stability in both cases.