arXiv · 1308.4604
Shilnikov Lemma for a nondegenerate critical manifold of a Hamiltonian system
Abstract
We prove an analog of Shilnikov Lemma for a normally hyperbolic symplectic critical manifold $M\subset H^{-1}(0)$ of a Hamiltonian system. Using this result, trajectories with small energy $H=\mu>0$ shadowing chains of homoclinic orbits to $M$ are represented as extremals of a discrete variational problem, and their existence is proved. This paper is motivated by applications to the Poincar\'e second species solutions of the 3 body problem with 2 masses small of order $\mu$. As $\mu\to 0$, double collisions of small bodies correspond to a symplectic critical manifold of the regularized Hamiltonian system.
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Sergey Bolotin, Piero Negrini. 2013-08-21. Shilnikov Lemma for a nondegenerate critical manifold of a Hamiltonian system. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1560354713060142
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