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Distribution of fixed-point energies of a quasiperiodic Hamiltonian flow
1Department of Physics, New York University, New York, New York 10003.
Abstract:
Energy distributions rho(+/-)(E) for the elliptic and hyperbolic fixed points of the Hamiltonian H(x,y)= summation operator (k=0) (4) cos [x cos(2pik/5)+y sin(2pik/5)] are calculated as integrals over a one-dimensional manifold M(E) in five-dimensional space. Singular points of M(E) produce three logarithmic singularities of rho(+/-)(E), and vanishing of connected components of M(E) gives rise to three discontinuities. The strengths of the singularities and discontinuities of rho(+/-)(E) are determined analytically, and the distributions are evaluated numerically for representative points in the nonsingular intervals. The calculation provides an explicit realization of general theorems concerning the critical points of infinitely smooth functions defined on an n-dimensional torus and restricted to a k-dimensional linear subset. Formally the calculation resembles the determination of the density of states of a dynamical system with one degree of freedom on a 2-torus, but with important differences due to topology and symmetry.
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