The existence of invariant tori and quasiperiodic solutions of the Nosé-Hoover oscillator (Q2221981)

Summary: In this paper, we consider an equivalent form of the Nosé-Hoover oscillator, \( x' =y\), \(y' =-x-yz\), and \(z' = y^2-a\), where \(a\) is a positive real parameter. Under a series of transformations, it is transformed into a 2-dimensional reversible system about action-angle variables. By applying a version of twist theorem established by \textit{B. Liu} and \textit{J. Song} [Acta Math. Sin., Engl. Ser. 20, No. 1, 15--24 (2004; Zbl 1057.37054)] for reversible mappings, we find infinitely many invariant tori whenever \(a\) is sufficiently small, which eventually turns out that the solutions starting on the invariant tori are quasiperiodic. The discussion about quasiperiodic solutions of such 3-dimensional system is relatively new.