Non-uniqueness of solutions of Percival's Euler-Lagrange equation

DOI10.1007/BF01214882MaRDI QIDQ802183zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors John N. Mather

Publication date 1982

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01214882

zbMATH Keywords

\(C^{\infty }\) area preserving twist diffeomorphisms of the annulusPercival's Euler-Lagrange equationPercival's formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) General models, approaches, and methods in mechanics of particles and systems (70G99)

Review text

In [Topology 21, 457-467 (1982; Zbl 0506.58032)] we have studied area preserving twist homeomorphisms of the annulus, using Percival's formalism [\textit{I. C. Percival}, Variational principles for invariant tori and cantori, Symp. on Nonlinear Dynamics and the Beam-Beam Interaction, 302-310 (1979) and J. Phys. A 12, L57-L60 (1979; Zbl 0394.70018)]. We show that there exist \(C^{\infty}\) area preserving twist diffeomorphisms of the annulus, for which there exists at least one solution of Percival's Euler-Lagrange equation where Percival's Lagrangian does not take its maximum. In other words, solutions of Percival's Euler-Lagrange equation need not be unique.

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