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KAM below $\mathbf C^n$

Dynamical Systems 2021-04-06 v1

Abstract

We consider the KAM theory for rotational flows on an nn-dimensional torus. We show that if its frequencies are diophantine of type n1n-1, then Moser's KAM theory with parameters applies to small perturbations of weaker regularity than CnC^n. Derivatives of order nn need not be continuous, but rather L2L^2 in a certain strong sense. This disproves the long standing conjecture that CnC^n is the minimal regularity assumption for KAM to apply in this setting while still allowing for Herman's Cnϵ ⁣C^{n-\epsilon}\!-counterexamples.

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@article{arxiv.2104.01866,
  title  = {KAM below $\mathbf C^n$},
  author = {Jürgen Pöschel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.01866},
  year   = {2021}
}

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