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Periodic Solutions of Singular Lagrangian Systems,Used
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Thismonographdealswiththeexistenceofperiodicmotionsof Lagrangiansystemswith ndegreesoffreedom ij + V'(q) =0, where Visasingularpotential.Aprototypeofsuchaproblem, evenifitisnottheonlyphysicallyinterestingone, istheKepler problem .. q 0 q+yqr= . This, jointlywiththemoregeneralNbodyproblem, hasalways beentheobjectofagreatdealofresearch.Mostofthoseresults arebasedonperturbationmethods, andmakeuseofthespecific featuresoftheKeplerpotential. OurapproachismoreonthelinesofNonlinearFunctional Analysis: ourmainpurposeistogiveafunctionalframefor systemswithsingularpotentials, includingtheKeplerandthe Nbodyproblemasparticularcases.PreciselyweuseCritical PointTheorytoobtainexistenceresults, qualitativeinnature, whichholdtrueforbroadclassesofpotentials.Thishighlights thatthevariationalmethods, whichhavebeenemployedtoob tainimportantadvancesinthestudyofregularHamiltonian systems, canbesuccessfallyusedtohandlesingularpotentials aswell. Theresearchonthistopicisstillinevolution, andtherefore theresultswewillpresentarenottobeintendedasthefinal ones. Indeedamajorpurposeofourdiscussionistopresent methodsandtoolswhichhavebeenusedinstudyingsuchprob lems. Vlll PREFACE Partofthematerialofthisvolumehasbeenpresentedina seriesoflecturesgivenbytheauthorsatSISSA, Trieste, whom wewouldliketothankfortheirhospitalityandsupport. We wishalsotothankUgoBessi, PaoloCaldiroli, FabioGiannoni, LouisJeanjean, LorenzoPisani, EnricoSerra, KazunakaTanaka, EnzoVitillaroforhelpfulsuggestions. May26,1993 Notation n 1.For x, yE IR, x. ydenotestheEuclideanScalarproduct, and IxltheEuclideannorm. 2. meas(A)denotestheLebesguemeasureofthesubset Aof n IR 3.Wedenoteby ST =[0, T]/{a, T}theunitarycirclepara metrizedby t E[0, T].Wewillalsowrite SI= ST=I. n 1 n 4.Wewillwrite sn = {xE IR +: Ixl =I}andn = IR {O}. n 5.Wedenoteby LP([O, T], IR ),1 p +00, theLebesgue spaces, equippedwiththestandardnorm lIulip. l n l n 6. H (ST, IR )denotestheSobolevspaceof u E H,2(0, T; IR ) suchthat u(O) = u(T).Thenormin HIwillbedenoted by lIull2 = lIull + lIull 7.Wedenoteby(1)and1111respectivelythescalarproduct andthenormoftheHilbertspace E. 8.For uE E, EHilbertorBanachspace, wedenotetheball ofcenter uandradiusrby B(u, r) = {vE E: lIu vii r}.Wewillalsowrite B = B(O, r). r 1 1 9.WesetA (n) = {uE H (St, n)}. k 10.For VE C (1Rxil, IR)wedenoteby V'(t, x)thegradient of Vwithrespectto x. l 11.Given f E C (M, IR), MHilbertmanifold, welet r = {uEM: f(u) a}, fl(a, b) = {uE E: a f(u) b}. x NOTATION 12.Given f E C1(M, JR), MHilbertmanifold, wewilldenote by Zthesetofcriticalpointsof fon Mandby Zctheset Z U fl(c, c). 13.Givenasequence UnE E, EHilbertspace, by Un "" Uwe willmeanthatthesequence Unconvergesweaklyto u. 14.With (E)wewilldenotethesetoflinearandcontinuous operatorson E. 15.With Ck''''(A, JR)wewilldenotethesetoffunctions ffrom AtoJR, ktimesdifferentiablewhosekderivativeisHolder continuousofexponent0: . Main Assumptions Wecollecthere, forthereader'sconvenience, themainassump tionsonthepotential Vusedthroughoutthebook. (VO) VEC1(lRXO, lR), V(t+T, x)=V(t, X) V(t, x)ElRXO, (VI) V(t, x)
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