Periodic solutions of singular Lagrangian systems
Periodic solutions of singular Lagrangian systems
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10.1007/978-1-4612-0319-3
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发表时间:
1993
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通讯作者:
A. Ambrosetti;V. C. Zelati
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作者:
A. Ambrosetti;V. C. Zelati
Thismonographdealswiththeexistenceofperiodicmotionsof Lagrangiansystemswith ndegreesoffreedom ij+ V'(q)= 0, where Visasingularpotential. Aprototypeofsuchaproblem, evenifitisnottheonlyphysicallyinterestingone, istheKepler problem. q 0 q+ yqr=. This, jointlywiththemoregeneralN-bodyproblem, hasalways beentheobjectofagreatdealofresearch. Mostofthoseresults arebasedonperturbationmethods, andmakeuseofthespecific featuresoftheKeplerpotential. OurapproachismoreonthelinesofNonlinearFunctional Analysis: ourmainpurposeistogiveafunctionalframefor systemswithsingularpotentials, includingtheKeplerandthe N-bodyproblemasparticularcases. PreciselyweuseCritical PointTheorytoobtainexistenceresults, qualitativeinnature, whichholdtrueforbroadclassesofpotentials. Thishighlights thatthevariationalmethods, whichhavebeenemployedtoob tainimportantadvancesinthestudyofregularHamiltonian systems, canbesuccessfallyusedtohandlesingularpotentials aswell. Theresearchonthistopicisstillinevolution, andtherefore theresultswewillpresentarenottobeintendedasthefinal ones. Indeedamajorpurposeofourdiscussionistopresent methodsandtoolswhichhavebeenusedinstudyingsuchprob lems. Vlll PREFACE Partofthematerialofthisvolumehasbeenpresentedina seriesoflecturesgivenbytheauthorsatSISSA, Trieste, whom wewouldliketothankfortheirhospitalityandsupport. We wishalsotothankUgoBessi, PaoloCaldiroli, FabioGiannoni, LouisJeanjean, LorenzoPisani, EnricoSerra, KazunakaTanaka, EnzoVitillaroforhelpfulsuggestions. May26, 1993 Notation n 1. For x, yE IR, x. ydenotestheEuclideanScalarproduct, and IxltheEuclideannorm. 2. meas (A) denotestheLebesguemeasureofthesubset Aof n IR-3. Wedenoteby ST=[0, T]/{a, T} theunitarycirclepara metrizedby t E [0, T]. Wewillalsowrite SI= ST= I. n 1 n 4. Wewillwrite sn={xE IR+: Ixl= I} andn= IR\{O}. n 5. Wedenoteby LP ([O, T], IR), 1~ p~+ 00, theLebesgue spaces, equippedwiththestandardnorm lIulip. lnln 6. H (ST, IR) denotestheSobolevspaceof u EH, 2 (0, T; IR) suchthat u (O)= u (T). Thenormin HIwillbedenoted by lIull2= lIull~+ lIull~· 7. Wedenoteby (· 1·) and11· 11respectivelythescalarproduct andthenormoftheHilbertspace E. 8. For uE E, EHilbertorBanachspace, wedenotetheball ofcenter uandradiusrby B (u, r)={vE E: lIu-vii~ r}. Wewillalsowrite B= B (O, r). r 1 1 9. WesetA (n)={uE H (St, n)}. k 10. For VE C (1Rxil, IR) wedenoteby V'(t, x) thegradient of Vwithrespectto x. l 11. Given f EC (M, IR), MHilbertmanifold, welet r={uEM: f (u)~ a}, fl (a, b)={uE E: a~ f (u)~ b}. x NOTATION 12. Given f E C1 (M, JR), MHilbertmanifold, wewilldenote by Zthesetofcriticalpointsof fon Mandby Zctheset ZU fl (c, c). 13. Givenasequence UnE E, EHilbertspace, by Un--"" Uwe willmeanthatthesequence Unconvergesweaklyto u. 14. With£(E) wewilldenotethesetoflinearandcontinuous operatorson E. 15. With Ck''''(A, JR) wewilldenotethesetoffunctions ffrom AtoJR, ktimesdifferentiablewhosek-derivativeisHolder continuousofexponent0:. Main Assumptions Wecollecthere, forthereader'sconvenience, themainassump tionsonthepotential Vusedthroughoutthebook.(VO) VEC1 (lRXO, lR), V (t+ T, x)= V (t, X) V (t, x) ElRXO,(VI) V (t, x)