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A nonautonomous dynamical system $(\boldsymbol{X},\boldsymbol{T})=\{(X_{k},T_{k})\}_{k=0}^{\infty}$ is a sequence of continuous mappings $T_{k}:X_{k} \to X_{k+1}$ along with a sequence of compact metric spaces $X_{k}$. In this paper, we…

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The existence of compactly supported global minimisers for continuum models of particles interacting through a potential is shown under almost optimal hypotheses. The main assumption on the potential is that it is catastrophic, or not…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-22 J. A. Cañizo , J. A. Carrillo , F. S. Patacchini

We consider the $N$-body problem in $\mathbb{R}^d$ with the newtonian potential $1/r$. We prove that for every initial configuration $x_i$ and for every minimizing normalized central configuration $x_0$, there exists a collision-free…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-02-24 Ezequiel Maderna , Andrea Venturelli

We are concerned with the dynamics of $N$ point vortices $z_1,\dots,z_N\in\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ in a planar domain. This is described by a Hamiltonian system \[ \Gamma_k\dot{z}_k(t)=J\nabla_{z_k} H\big(z(t)\big),\quad k=1,\dots,N, \]…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-11-28 Thomas Bartsch

In this work the existence of periodic solutions is studied for the Hamiltonian functions (Formula presented.) where the first term consist of a harmonic oscillator and the second term are homogeneous polynomials of degree 5 defined by two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 Alberto Castro Ortega

We consider a system of nonlocal equations driven by a perturbed periodic potential. We construct multibump solutions that connect one integer point to another one in a prescribed way. In particular, heteroclinc, homoclinic and chaotic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-24 Serena Dipierro , Stefania Patrizi , Enrico Valdinoci

Consider the focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential with a single negative eigenvalue. It has solitons with negative small energy, which are asymptotically stable, and solitons with positive large energy, which are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-09 Kenji Nakanishi

It has recently been shown that spherically symmetric potentials of finite range are uniquely determined by the part of their phase shifts at a fixed energy level $k^2>0$. However, numerical experiments show that two quite different…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander G. Ramm , Semion Gutman

We study the off-equilibrium dynamics of a particle in a general $N$-dimensional random potential when $N \to \infty$. We demonstrate the existence of two asymptotic time regimes: {\it i.} stationary dynamics, {\it ii.} slow aging dynamics…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Pierre Le Doussal

We investigate the existence of positive solutions to fractional equations presenting a double criticality: a multi-polar Hardy-type potential and a Sobolev critical nonlinearity. The nonlocal nature of the operator and the absence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Edoardo Mainini , Debangana Mukherjee , Roberto Ognibene

A class of generally nonlinear dynamical systems is considered, for which the Lagrangian is represented as a sum of homogeneous functions of the displacements and their derivatives. It is shown that an energy partition as a single relation…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Leonid Slepyan

We prove that a class of superlinear indefinite problems with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions admits an arbitrarily high number of positive solutions, provided that the parameters of the problem are adequately chosen. The…

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We show that if any four distinct solutions of a rational difference equation are algebraically independent, then any number of distinct solutions to the equation are independent. A nontrivial variant of this result is given for autonomous…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-10-23 James Freitag

We numerically solve the underdamped Langevin equation to obtain the trajectories of a particle in a sinusoidal potential driven by a temporally sinusoidal force in a medium with coefficient of friction periodic in space as the potential…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-09-21 D. Kharkongor , W. L. Reenbohn , Mangal C. Mahato

We study positive energy solutions of the anisotropic Kepler problem with homogeneous potential. First some asymptotic property of positive energy solutions is obtained, as time goes to infinity. Afterwards, we prove the existence of…

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Periodic and quasi-periodic orbits of the $n$-body problem are critical points of the action functional constrained to the Sobolev space of symmetric loops. Variational methods yield collisionless orbits provided the group of symmetries…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Davide L. Ferrario

This paper is devoted to the study of periodic (in time) solutions to an one-dimensional semilinear wave equation with $x$-dependent coefficients under various homogeneous boundary conditions. Such a model arises from the forced vibrations…

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We establish center manifold theorems that allow one to study the bifurcation of small solutions from a trivial state in systems of functional equations posed on the real line. The class of equations includes most importantly nonlinear…

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We investigate two simplified non-singular cyclic models with a negative time-varying cosmological constant to represent the non-conventional mechanism of negative cosmological constant expected to address the late-time cosmic acceleration.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-21 Nasr Ahmed , Kazuharu Bamba

We explore variational approach to the finite-volume $N$-body problem. The general formalism for N non-relativistic spinless particles interacting with periodic pair-wise potentials yields N-body secular equations. The solutions depend on…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-11-14 Peng Guo , Michael Döring , Adam P. Szczepaniak