Exponentially Small Estimates for Separatrix Splittings
Exponentially Small Estimates for Separatrix Splittings
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分界线分裂的指数小估计
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4757-0435-8_13
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发表时间:
1991
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通讯作者:
P. Holmes
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作者:
J. Scheurle;J. Marsden;P. Holmes
This paper reviews our previous estimates and gives an example exhibiting a new phenomenon. In problems involving asymptotics beyond all orders in a perturbation parameterε, it is a commonassumptionthat the quantity being studied (such as a separatrix splitting distance or angle, a solitary wave mismatch, etc.) can be “estimated” by an expression of the formaεbe-c/εasε→ 0. Here,a, bandcare constants (wherebcan be negative andcis “sharp”, often the distance from the real axis to a pole in the complex plane). The main purpose of our example is to show that this assumption can be wrong. The example, which concerns the splitting of separatrices in a rapidly forced system with a heteroclinic orbit shows that the even the estimate from above (using the sharp value of c) is incorrect. We argue that this situation is not isolated or particular, but happens rather generally. We especially note that in situations involving asymptotics beyond all orders, when an estimate of the formaεbe-c/εis assumed, it needs to be justified.