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A mechanical counterexample to KAM theory with low regularity

Dynamical Systems 2020-04-22 v1

Abstract

We give a mechanical example concerning the fact that some regularity is necessary in KAM theory. We consider the model given by the vertical bouncing motion of a ball on a periodically moving plate. Denoting with ff the motion of the plate, some variants of Moser invariant curve theorem apply if f˙\dot{f} is small in norm C5C^5 and every motion has bounded velocity. This is not possible if the function ff is only C1C^1. Indeed we construct a function fC1f\in C^1 with arbitrary small derivative in norm C0C^0 for which a motion with unbounded velocity exists.

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@article{arxiv.2004.09940,
  title  = {A mechanical counterexample to KAM theory with low regularity},
  author = {Stefano Marò},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.09940},
  year   = {2020}
}
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