Singular perturbations of finite dimensional gradient flows

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2007.18.657MaRDI QIDQ2470845zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Chiara Zanini

Publication date 15 February 2008

Published in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607461

zbMATH Keywords

gradient flowheteroclinic solutionsaddle-node bifurcationsingular perturbationsslow and fast dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C37) Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20)

Abstract: In this paper we give a description of the asymptotic behavior, as $epsilono0$, of the $epsilon$-gradient flow in the finite dimensional case. Under very general assumptions we prove that it converges to an evolution obtained by connecting some smooth branches of solutions to the equilibrium equation (slow dynamics) through some heteroclinic solutions of the gradient flow (fast dynamics).

Review text

Consider the problem \[ \nabla_{x} f(t, u(t)) = 0, \] where \(f: [0,T] \times X \to \mathbb{R} \) is a time-dependent energy function, \(X\) is a Banach space, together with the perturbed problem \[ \varepsilon \dot u_{\varepsilon} (t) +\nabla_{x} f(t, u_\varepsilon(t)) = 0, \] which is a gradient flow problem. In order to obtain the existence of a quasistatic evolution, the limit as \(\varepsilon \to 0\) is analyzed. The aim is to prove that under a very general assumption on the functional \(f\) the solution \(u_{\varepsilon} (t)\) converges to the evolution obtained by connecting the limit function \(u(t)\) solving the unperturbed problem, through some heteroclinic solutions of the gradient flow. Moreover, \(u(t)\) may admit some discontinuity times, while the approximating solutions \(u_{\varepsilon} (t)\) are always continuous.

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