Nonlinear stability of relative equilibria and isomorphic vector fields (Q1747878)

An approach to determine the stability of relative equilibria in terms of the notion of isomorphic vector fields introduced by \textit{R. Hepworth} [Theory Appl. Categ. 22, 542--587 (2009; Zbl 1206.37009)] is presented in this article. The author proves that the nonlinear stability of the relative equilibrium can be determined by checking the nonlinear stability of the corresponding equilibrium of the projected vector field. Such an approach reduces the problem to a well-studied case of equilibria on a vector space with a representation of a compact Lie group. Hamiltonian relative equilibria are an important case for which one can have nonlinear stability but not linear stability. As an application of the criterion for nonlinear stability, an alternative proof of \textit{J. Montaldi} and \textit{M. Rodríguez-Olmos} result for the stability of the relative equilibria of the Hamiltonian [``Hamiltonian relative equilibria with continuous isotropy'', \url{arXiv:1509.04961}] is given. The Marle-Guillemin-Sternberg normal form [\textit{V. Guillemin} and \textit{S. Sternberg}, Math. Phys. Stud. 6, 161--175 (1984; Zbl 0548.58011); \textit{C.-M. Marle}, Rend. Semin. Mat., Torino 43, 227--251 (1985; Zbl 0599.53032)] is used in this proof. The reduction of the general case to the normal form computation is shown.