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The Parametrically Forced Pendulum: A Case Study in 1 1/2 Degree of Freedom

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This paper is concerned with the global coherent (i.e., non-chaotic) dynamics of the parametrically forced pendulum. The system is studied in a === degree of freedom Hamiltonian setting with two parameters, where a spatio-temporal symmetry is taken into account. Our explorations are restricted to large regions of coherent dynamics in phase space and parameter plane. At any given parameter point we restrict to a bounded subset of phase space, using KAM theory to exclude an infinitely large region with rather trivial dynamics. In the absence of forcing the system is integrable. Analytical and numerical methods are used to study the dynamics in a parameter region away from integrability, where the analytic results of a perturbation analysis of the nearly integrable case are used as a starting point. We organize the dynamics by dividing the parameter plane in fundamental domains, guided by the linearized system at the upper and lower equilibria. Away from integrability some features of the nearly integrable coherent dynamics persist, while new bifurcations arise. On the other hand, the chaotic region increases.

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2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: 37J20, 37J40, 37M20, 70H08.

Dedicated to Professor Shui-Nee Chow on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Broer, H.W., Hoveijn, I., Noort, M.v. et al. The Parametrically Forced Pendulum: A Case Study in 1 1/2 Degree of Freedom. J Dyn Diff Equat 16, 897–947 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10884-004-7829-5

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