Persistence of resonant invariant tori with non-Hamiltonian perturbation (Q2569260)

The paper deals with a family of four-dimensional autonomous ordinary differential equations, defined on a two-dimensional cylinder (two of the four variables are angles). The equation depends on a positive parameter, such that it generates a family of two-dimensional invariant tori, simply defined, when the parameter vanishes. When the parameter is sufficiently small, the authors show the persistence of resonant invariant tori. The proof is based on a combination of Fenichel's theory of normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds and on an adaptation of the continuation method presented by Kopell and Chicone. It is worth noting that the persistence of normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds under regular perturbation is related to Fenichel's persistence theorem. Nevertheless here the classical persistence theory does not apply directly. This difficulty is overcome using the method of continuation. Section 1 formulates the perturbation problem and the main theorem. Section 2 is devoted to Fechinel's theory and the continuation method. The existence of a normally hyperbolic invariant simple closed curved is proved in Section 3, and the existence of invariant tori is established in Sections 4 and 5.