Normal form for lower dimensional elliptic tori in Hamiltonian systems

<abstract><p>We give a proof of the convergence of an algorithm for the construction of lower dimensional elliptic tori in nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems. The existence of such invariant tori is proved by leading the Hamiltonian to a suitable normal form. In particular, we adapt the procedure described in a previous work by Giorgilli and co-workers, where the construction was made so as to be used in the context of the planetary problem. We extend the proof of the convergence to the cases in which the two sets of frequencies, describing the motion along the torus and the transverse oscillations, have the same order of magnitude.</p></abstract>

Transient Invariant and Quasi-Invariant Structures in an Example of an Aperiodically Time Dependent Fluid Flow

Starting from the concept of invariant KAM tori for nearly-integrable Hamiltonian systems with periodic or quasi-periodic nonautonomous perturbation, the paper analyzes the “analogue” of this class of invariant objects when the dependence on time is aperiodic. The investigation is carried out in a model motivated by the problem of a traveling wave in a channel over a smooth, quasi- and asymptotically flat (from which the “transient” feature) bathymetry, representing a case in which the described structures play the role of barriers to fluid transport in phase space. The paper provides computational evidence for the existence of transient structures also for “large” values of the perturbation size, as a complement to the rigorous results already proven by the first author for real-analytic bathymetry functions.