Periodic solutions of a many-rotator problem in the plane
Calogero, F ; Françoise , Jean-Pierre
HAL, hal-01401510 / Harvested from HAL
We consider the many-rotator system whose motions in the plane are characterized by the Newtonian equations of motion where superimposed arrows denote three-vectors living in the plane in which all motions take place, hat k is a unit vector orthogonal to that plane, the symbol ∧ denotes the usual three-dimensional vector product and ω, αnm, α'nm are 2N(N-1) + 1 arbitrary real constants (without loss of generality ω>0). This model is invariant under rotations and translations (in the plane); it is Hamiltonian provided αmn = αnm,α'mn = α'nm; it is not known to be integrable (for N>2), unless all the coupling constants α'nm vanish (α'nm = 0) and the coupling constants αnm either also all vanish (αnm = 0; trivial case, all motions completely periodic, with period T = 2π/ω) or are all equal to unity (αnm = 1; integrable/solvable case, all motions completely periodic, with period at most T' = TN!). We prove that this model generally possesses a large class of solutions (corresponding to a set of initial conditions containing a non-empty open set) which are completely periodic with period T = 2π/ω. Analogous results also hold for more general evolution equations, interpretable as appropriately (linearly) deformed versions of those characterizing geodesic motions in N-dimensional space.
Publié le : 2001-08-01
Classification:  [MATH.MATH-DS]Mathematics [math]/Dynamical Systems [math.DS]
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     author = {Calogero, F and Fran\c coise , Jean-Pierre },
     title = {Periodic solutions of a many-rotator problem in the plane},
     journal = {HAL},
     volume = {2001},
     number = {0},
     year = {2001},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/hal-01401510}
}
Calogero, F; Françoise , Jean-Pierre . Periodic solutions of a many-rotator problem in the plane. HAL, Tome 2001 (2001) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/hal-01401510/