Existence of periodic orbits near heteroclinic connections

zbMATH Open1408.37105arXiv1805.11563MaRDI QIDQ4629657FDOQ4629657

Authors: Giorgio Fusco, Giovanni F. Gronchi, M. Novaga 

Publication date: 27 March 2019

Abstract: We consider a potential $W:R^{m}ightarrowR$ with two different global minima $a_{-},a_{+}$ and, under a symmetry assumption, we use a variational approach to show that the Hamiltonian system �egin{equation} ddot{u}=W_u(u), hskip 2cm (1) end{equation} has a family of $T$-periodic solutions $u^T$ which, along a sequence $T_{j}ightarrow+infty$, converges locally to a heteroclinic solution that connects $a_{-}$ to $a_{+}$. We then focus on the elliptic system �egin{equation} Delta u=W_u(u),;; u:R^2 ightarrow R^m, hskip 2cm (2) end{equation} that we interpret as an infinite dimensional analogous of (1), where $x$ plays the role of time and $W$ is replaced by the action functional [J_R(u)=int_RBigl(frac{1}{2}vert u_yvert^2+W(u)Bigr)dy.] We assume that $J_R$ has two different global minimizers $$ in the set of maps that connect $a_{-}$ to $a_{+}$. We work in a symmetric context and prove, via a minimization procedure, that (2) has a family of solutions $u^L:R^{2}ightarrow{R}^m$, which is $L$-periodic in $x$, converges to $a_{p}m$ as $yightarrowpminfty$ and, along a sequence $L_{j}ightarrow+infty$, converges locally to a heteroclinic solution that connects $$ to $$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.11563

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zbMATH Keywords

variational methodshomoclinic orbitsperiodic orbitsheteroclinic orbitsaction-minimizing solutions

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