Ground states and critical points for generalized Frenkel–Kontorova models in \pmb{\mathbb Z}^d

DOI10.1088/0951-7715/20/10/008zbMath1206.82026MaRDI QIDQ5421414

Rafael de la Llave, Enrico Valdinoci

Publication date: 22 October 2007

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715/20/10/008

zbMATH Keywords

Aubry-Mather theory; Frenkel-Kontorova model; Peierls-Nabarro barrier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82C22: Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics

49J35: Existence of solutions for minimax problems

82C20: Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics

82B20: Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics

37A60: Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics

70H12: Periodic and almost periodic solutions for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics

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