Topological methods in the instability problem of Hamiltonian systems
Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C37) Homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits for dynamical systems (37C29) Approximate trajectories (pseudotrajectories, shadowing, etc.) in smooth dynamics (37C50) Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40) Nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems, KAM theory (70H08)
We use topological methods to investigate some recently proposed mechanisms of instability (Arnol'd diffusion) in Hamiltonian systems. In these mechanisms, chains of heteroclinic connections between whiskered tori are constructed, based on the existence of a normally hyperbolic manifold \(\Lambda\), so that: (a) the manifold \(\Lambda\) is covered rather densely by transitive tori (possibly of diferent topology), (b) the manifolds \(W_\Lambda^s, W_\Lambda^u\) intersect transversally, (c) the systems satisfy some explicit non-degeneracy assumptions, which hold generically. In this paper, we use the method of correctly aligned windows to show that, under the assumptions (a), (b), (c), there are orbits that move a significant amount. As a matter of fact, the method presented here does not require that the tori are exactly invariant, only that they are approximately invariant. Hence, compared with the previous papers, we do not need to use KAM theory. This lowers the assumptions on diferentiability. Also, the method presented here allows us to produce concrete estimates on the time to move, which were not considered in the previous papers.
- A general mechanism of instability in Hamiltonian systems: skipping along a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold
- Geometric approaches to the problem of instability in Hamiltonian systems: an informal presentation
- Connecting orbits for families of Tonelli Hamiltonians
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5057467
- Homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits to invariant tori in multi-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian systems with saddle-centres
- Covering relations, cone conditions and the stable manifold theorem
- Stable topological non-conjugacy of Hamiltonian systems on two-dimensional surfaces
- Global instability in the restricted planar elliptic three body problem
- Arnold's mechanism of diffusion in the spatial circular restricted three-body problem: A semi-analytical argument
- Diffusing orbits along chains of cylinders
- Exponentially small splitting of separatrices associated to 3D whiskered tori with cubic frequencies
- Arnold diffusion in a priori chaotic symplectic maps
- The scattering map in two coupled piecewise-smooth systems, with numerical application to rocking blocks
- Geometric properties of the scattering map of a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold
- A \(\lambda\)-lemma for normally hyperbolic invariant manifolds
- Instability of high dimensional Hamiltonian systems: multiple resonances do not impede diffusion
- Exponentially small splitting of separatrices and transversality associated to whiskered tori with quadratic frequency ratio
- Lagrangian tetragons and instabilities in Hamiltonian dynamics
- A second order expansion of the separatrix map for trigonometric perturbations of a priori unstable systems
- Topological shadowing methods in arnold diffusion: weak torsion and multiple time scales
- Perturbations of geodesic flows by recurrent dynamics
- Geometric approaches to the problem of instability in Hamiltonian systems: an informal presentation
- scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5057467 (Why is no real title available?)
- An ergodic and topological approach to disconjugate linear Hamiltonian systems
- Arnold Diffusion, Quantitative Estimates, and Stochastic Behavior in the <scp>Three‐Body</scp> Problem
- A counterexample to the theorem of Laplace-Lagrange on the stability of semimajor axes
- A geometric mechanism of diffusion: rigorous verification in a priori unstable Hamiltonian systems
- Geodesics with unbounded speed on fluctuating surfaces
- On the Arnold diffusion mechanism in medium Earth orbit
- An example of a nearly integrable Hamiltonian system with a trajectory dense in a set of maximal Hausdorff dimension
- Generic global diffusion for analytic a priori unstable systems
- Why are inner planets not inclined?
- Note on homoclinic solutions to nonautonomous Hamiltonian systems with sign-changing nonlinear part
- Global diffusion on a tight three-sphere
- Morse-type inequalities for dynamical systems and the Witten Laplacian
- Hyperbolicity versus partial-hyperbolicity and the transversality-torsion phenomenon
This page was built for publication: Topological methods in the instability problem of Hamiltonian systems
Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2496406)
