Splitting of separatrices for rapid degenerate perturbations of the classical pendulum

In this work we study the splitting distance of a rapidly perturbed pendulum with a -periodic function and . Systems of this kind undergo exponentially small splitting, and, when , it is known that the Melnikov function actually gives an asymptotic expression for the splitting function provided . Ou...

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Autores: Baldomá Barraca, Inmaculada|||0000-0002-4838-1186, Martínez-Seara Alonso, M. Teresa|||0000-0001-8421-8717, Moreno González, Román|||0000-0001-7769-4942
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/426335
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/426335
https://dx.doi.org/10.1137/23M1550992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hamiltonian systems
Differentiable dynamical systems
Splitting of separatrices
Exponentially small phenomena
Sistemes dinàmics diferenciables
Hamilton, Sistemes de
Classificació AMS::37 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory::37C Smooth dynamical systems: general theory
Classificació AMS::37 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory::37J Finite-dimensional Hamiltonian, Lagrangian, contact, and nonholonomic systems
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Equacions diferencials i integrals::Sistemes dinàmics
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Sumario:In this work we study the splitting distance of a rapidly perturbed pendulum with a -periodic function and . Systems of this kind undergo exponentially small splitting, and, when , it is known that the Melnikov function actually gives an asymptotic expression for the splitting function provided . Our study focuses on the case , and it is motivated by two main reasons. On the one hand, our study is motivated by the general understanding of the splitting, as current results fail for a perturbation as simple as . On the other hand, a study of the splitting of invariant manifolds of tori of rational frequency in Arnold’s original model for diffusion leads to the consideration of pendulum-like Hamiltonians with where, for most , the perturbation satisfies . As expected, the Melnikov function is not a correct approximation for the splitting in this case. To tackle the problem we use a splitting formula based on the solutions of the so-called inner equation and make use of the Hamilton–Jacobi formalism. The leading exponentially small term appears at order , where is an integer determined exclusively by the harmonics of the perturbation. We also provide an algorithm to compute it.