Topological Shadowing Methods in Arnold Diffusion: Weak Torsion and Multiple Time Scales

DOI10.1088/1361-6544/ACA5DFzbMATH Open1510.37047arXiv2204.14135MaRDI QIDQ6397802FDOQ6397802

Andrew Clarke, Marcel Guardia, Jacques Féjoz

Publication date: 29 April 2022

Abstract: Consider a symplectic map which possesses a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold of any even dimension with transverse homoclinic channels. We develop a topological shadowing argument to prove the existence of Arnold diffusion along the invariant manifold, shadowing some iterations of the inner dynamics carried by the invariant manifold and the outer dynamics induced by the stable and unstable foliations. In doing so, we generalise an idea of Gidea and de la Llave in [26], based on the method of correctly aligned windows and a so-called transversality-torsion argument. Our proof permits that the dynamics on the invariant manifold satisfy only a non-uniform twist condition, and, most importantly for applications, that the splitting of separatrices be small in certain directions and thus the associated drift in actions very slow; diffusion occurs in the directions of the manifold having non-small splitting. Furthermore we provide estimates for the diffusion time.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximate trajectories (pseudotrajectories, shadowing, etc.) in smooth dynamics (37C50) Stability theory for smooth dynamical systems (37C75) Invariant manifold theory for dynamical systems (37D10) Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40) (n)-body problems (70F10) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05)

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