arXiv · 0911.3739
Weak KAM for commuting Hamiltonians
Abstract
For two commuting Tonelli Hamiltonians, we recover the commutation of the Lax-Oleinik semi-groups, a result of Barles and Tourin ([BT01]), using a direct geometrical method (Stoke's theorem). We also obtain a "generalization" of a theorem of Maderna ([Mad02]). More precisely, we prove that if the phase space is the cotangent of a compact manifold then the weak KAM solutions (or viscosity solutions of the critical stationary Hamilton-Jacobi equation) for G and for H are the same. As a corrolary we obtain the equality of the Aubry sets, of the Peierls barrier and of flat parts of Mather's $α$ functions. This is also related to works of Sorrentino ([Sor09]) and Bernard ([Ber07b]).
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Maxime Zavidovique. 2010-01-31. Weak KAM for commuting Hamiltonians. https://doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715%2F23%2F4%2F002
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