Existence of closed characteristics on compact convex hypersurfaces in R^2n

DOI10.1007/S00526-015-0945-8MaRDI QIDQ262238zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wei Wang

Publication date 29 March 2016

Published in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.5501

zbMATH Keywords

Clarke-Ekeland dual action functionalclosed characteristicconvex hypersurfacecritical moduleelliptic closed characteristicindex iteration theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

Abstract: In this paper, we prove there exist at least $[fracn+12]+1$ geometrically distinct closed characteristics on every compact convex hypersurface $Sg$ in $R^{2n}$. Moreover, there exist at least $[fracn2]+1$ geometrically distinct non-hyperbolic closed characteristics on $Sg$ in $R^{2n}$ provided the number of geometrically distinct closed characteristics on $Sg$ is finite.

Review text

The paper concerns the existence and multiplicity of closed characteristics on compact convex hypersurfaces in \(\mathbb R^{2n}\). The main attention is paid to the long standing conjecture which claims that the number of geometrically distinct closed characteristics on an arbitrary compact convex hypersurface in \(\mathbb R^{2n}\) is greater than or equal to \(n\), see [\textit{Y. Long} and \textit{C. Zhu}, Ann. Math. (2) 155, No. 2, 317--368 (2002; Zbl 1028.53003)], [\textit{W. Wang} et al., Duke Math. J. 139, No. 3, 411--462 (2007; Zbl 1139.58007)], [\textit{H. Hofer} et al., Ann. Math. (2) 148, No. 1, 197--289 (1998; Zbl 0944.37031)]. The main result of the paper is the following. Theorem 1. There exist at least \(\left[\frac{n+1}{2}\right]+1\) geometrically distinct closed characteristics on every compact convex hypersurface in \(\mathbb R^{2n}\), \(n\geq 2\). Concerning related stability results on the ellipticity or hyperbolicity of characteristics, the following statement is proved, which generalizes previous results by Y. Long and C. Zhu (see also [\textit{I. Ekeland}, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 45, 395--423 (1986; Zbl 0596.34023)], [\textit{Y. Long}, J. Differ. Equations 150, No. 2, 227--249, Art. No. DE983486 (1998; Zbl 0915.58032)]). Theorem 2. There exist at least \(\left[\frac{n}{2}\right]+1\) geometrically distinct non-hyperbolic closed characteristics on every compact convex hypersurface \(\Sigma\) in \(\mathbb R^{2n}\), \(n\geq 2\), provided that the number of geometrically distinct closed characteristics on \(\Sigma\) is finite.

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