Top-level heading

Invariant Lagrangian graphs, Hamilton-Jacobi equation and action-minizing properties of Tonelli Hamiltonians

Categoria
Seminari di Analisi Matematica
Data e ora inizio evento
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Aula
Sala di Consiglio
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Dipartimento di Matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Sapienza Università di Roma

Speaker

Alfonso Sorrentino (Università di Roma 3)

In the study of Hamiltonian systems a special role is played by invariant Lagrangian submanifolds. These objects arise quite naturally in many physical and geometric problems and besides sharing a deep relation with the dynamics of the system, they are also closely related to classical and `weak' solutions of the corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi equation(s). When does a Hamiltonian system possess an invariant smooth Lagrangian graph or a family thereof? In this talk I shall discuss how this very interesting (and difficult) question can be approached from different perspectives and describe several results related to the so-called Principle of least Lagrangian action.