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Chaotic-Like Transfers of Energy in Hamiltonian PDEs
Filippo Giuliani1, Marcel Guardia1,2,3, Pau Martin1,2,3
1Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
We consider the nonlinear cubic Wave, the Hartree and the nonlinear cubic Beam equations on and we prove the existence of different types of solutions which exchange energy between Fourier modes in certain time scales. This exchange can be considered "chaotic-like" since either the choice of activated modes or the time spent in each transfer can be chosen randomly. The key point of the construction of those orbits is the existence of heteroclinic connections between invariant objects and the construction of symbolic dynamics (a Smale horseshoe) for the Birkhoff Normal Form truncation of those equations.
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