On the multiplicity of periodic orbits and homoclinics near critical energy levels of Hamiltonian systems in R^4

DOI10.1090/TRAN/7568zbMATH Open1446.37056arXiv1712.04720OpenAlexW2963925248MaRDI QIDQ5222853FDOQ5222853

Naiara V. de Paulo, Pedro A. S. Salomão

Publication date: 4 July 2019

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study two-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian systems. Let us assume that the zero energy level of a real-analytic Hamiltonian function $H:mathbb{R}^{4}omathbbR$ contains a saddle-center equilibrium point lying in a strictly convex sphere-like singular subset $S_{0}subset{H}^{-1}(0)$. From previous work [de Paulo-Salom~ao, Memoirs of the AMS] we know that for any small energy $E>0$, the energy level $H^{-1}(E)$ contains a closed $3$-ball $S_E$ in a neighborhood of $S_0$ admitting a singular foliation called $2-3$ foliation. One of the binding orbits of this singular foliation is the Lyapunoff orbit $P_{2,E}$ contained in the center manifold of the saddle-center. The other binding orbit lies in the interior of $S_E$ and spans a one parameter family of disks transverse to the Hamiltonian vector field. In this article we show that the $2-3$ foliation forces the existence of infinitely many periodic orbits and infinitely many homoclinics to $P_{2,E}$ in $S_E$. Moreover, if the branches of the stable and unstable manifolds of $P_{2,E}$ inside $S_E$ do not coincide then the Hamiltonian flow on $S_E$ has positive topological entropy. We also present applications of these results to some classical Hamiltonian systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.04720

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zbMATH Keywords

foliationLyapunov orbitbinding orbitsHamiltonian saddle-center

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcation problems for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J20) Stability problems for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J25) Periodic, homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37J46) Fixed points and periodic points of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J12)

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