A functional analysis approach to Arnold diffusion
Variational construction of homoclinics and chaos in presence of a saddle-saddle equilibrium
Variational construction of homoclinics and chaos in presence of a saddle-saddle equilibrium
We consider autonomous Lagrangian systems possessing two homoclinic orbits to an hyperbolic equilibrium of saddle-saddle type with two different characteristic exponents. Under a nondegeneracy assumption on the homoclinics and under suitable conditions on the geometric behaviour of these homoclinics near the equilibrium we show, by variational methods, that they give rise to an infinite family of multibump homoclinic solutions. We relax the nondegeneracy assumption when the two characteristic exponents...
Diffusion time and splitting of separatrices for nearly integrable isochronous Hamiltonian systems
We consider the problem of Arnold’s diffusion for nearly integrable isochronous Hamiltonian systems. We prove a shadowing theorem which improves the known estimates for the diffusion time. We also justify for three time scales systems that the splitting of the separatrices is correctly predicted by the Poincaré-Melnikov function.
Quasi-periodic solutions with Sobolev regularity of NLS on with a multiplicative potential
We prove the existence of quasi-periodic solutions for Schrödinger equations with a multiplicative potential on , finitely differentiable nonlinearities, and tangential frequencies constrained along a pre-assigned direction. The solutions have only Sobolev regularity both in time and space. If the nonlinearity and the potential are then the solutions are . The proofs are based on an improved Nash-Moser iterative scheme, which assumes the weakest tame estimates for the inverse linearized operators...
Bifurcation of free vibrations for completely resonant wave equations
We prove existence of small amplitude, 2p/v-periodic in time solutions of completely resonant nonlinear wave equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions for any frequency belonging to a Cantor-like set of positive measure and for a generic set of nonlinearities. The proof relies on a suitable Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition and a variant of the Nash-Moser Implicit Function Theorem.
Optimal stability and instability results for a class of nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems
We consider nearly integrable, non-isochronous, a-priori unstable Hamiltonian systems with a (trigonometric polynomial) -perturbation which does not preserve the unperturbed tori. We prove the existence of Arnold diffusion with diffusion time by a variational method which does not require the existence of «transition chains of tori» provided by KAM theory. We also prove that our estimate of the diffusion time is optimal as a consequence of a general stability result proved via classical perturbation...
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