Averaging in the autoresonance model (Q1886111)

The author investigates perturbed Hamiltonian systems for \(u(t, \varepsilon)\), \(v(t,\varepsilon)\) of the form \[ du/dt-H_v(u,v)=\varepsilon f(\tau)\cos\varphi,\qquad dv/dt+H_u(u,v)=\varepsilon g(\tau)\cos\varphi, \] with initial conditions \(u(0,\varepsilon)=v(0,\varepsilon)=0\), where \(\varepsilon\) is a small parameter, \(\tau=\varepsilon t\) is a slow time, and the external forces are rapidly oscillating by choosing \(\varphi= \varepsilon^{-1} \Phi(\tau)\) with given smooth functions \(f,g,\Phi\). It is assumed that the unperturbed system has a center at the origin with corresponding eigenfrequency \(\omega(H)\), \(\omega'\neq 0\); its solutions are denoted by \(u_0(t+t_0,H)\), \(v_0(t+t_0,H)\). In the general case of two frequencies \(\omega(H)\) and the pumping frequency \(d \varphi/dt=\Phi'(\tau)\), averaging may be used to obtain approximate solutions on time intervals of length \({\mathcal O}(\varepsilon^{-1})\). In this paper, the aim is to establish conditions that imply autoresonance. A necessary condition is that the two frequencies coincide at \(t=0\). To find sufficient conditions, averaging yields the ansatz \(u=u_0(\sigma,E)+{\mathcal O}(\varepsilon)\), \(v= v_0(\sigma, E)+{\mathcal O}(\varepsilon)\), where \(E\) and \(\sigma\) are appropriate deformations of \(H\) and \(\omega(H)^{-1}\varphi\) resp, which are determined by requiring that the difference between the two frequencies remains of order \(\varepsilon\) throughout the time interval considered. This condition turns out to be sufficient for autoresonance. The higher-order terms of the solution thus constructed do, however, exhibit singularities at \(\tau=0\).