Oscillatory solutions of fourth order conservative systems via the Conley index

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2012.02.021MaRDI QIDQ424434zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Miroslav Kramár, Jan Bouwe Van den Berg, Robert Vandervorst

Publication date 1 June 2012

Published in Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2012.02.021

zbMATH Keywords

braid invariantsConley indexfourth-order conservative systemsLagrangian systemsoscillatory solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Index theory for dynamical systems, Morse-Conley indices (37B30)

Review text

The main example in this paper and primary motivation is the fourth-order equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINEu'+\alpha u'- u+ u^3= 0,\tag{\(*\)}NEWLINE\]NEWLINE which arises in the study of pattern for motion phenomena. The Lagrangian density for equation \((*)\) is NEWLINE\[NEWLINEL(u,v,w)= {1\over 2} w^2- {\alpha\over 2} v^2+{1\over 4} (u^2- 1)^2.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Solutions of equation \((*)\) have a conserved energy-like quantity NEWLINE\[NEWLINEE(u)= -u'u+{1\over 2}(u)^2- {\alpha\over 2}(u')^2-{1\over 4}(u^2- 1)^2.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE For \(\alpha<0\), equation \((*)\) is called the eFK equation, while for \(\alpha\geq 0\) it is called the Swift-Hohenberg equation. The energy level \(E= 0\) contains two homogeneous states \(u_{\pm}=\pm 1\), and this energy level acts as an organizing center for the dynamics. There is interestingly complicated dynamics at this singular energy level and it leads to analytical difficulties.NEWLINENEWLINE The main elements of the authors' approach are the discretization of second-order Lagrangians that satisfy the twist property and the theory of braid invariants due to Ghist et al. However, the braid invariants of relevance are improper. That is, the relevant braid classes are non-isolating neighborhoods of the flow, so their Conley index is not universal. The authors therefore develop the theory of the braid invariant for improper braid classes. The theory is then applied to equation \((*)\), particularly in the case where \(\alpha>\sqrt{8}\), to study periodic solutions that oscillate around equilibrium points of center type.

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