Endpoint stability and instability for high-energy mode ratios

Let m,nm,n be the mode indices, let PP be the parameter, and let Θm\Theta_m and Θn\Theta_n denote the corresponding modes with energy EΘmE_{\Theta_m}. For kNk\in\mathbb N, assume

0P<m2<n2.0\leqslant P<m^2<n^2.

Endpoint behavior conjecture. There exists Ek>0E_k>0 such that if

n2m2=(k+1)(2k+1)\frac{n^2}{m^2}=(k+1)(2k+1)

and EΘm>EkE_{\Theta_m}>E_k, then Θm\Theta_m is linearly unstable with respect to Θn\Theta_n, whereas if

n2m2=(k+1)(2k+3)\frac{n^2}{m^2}=(k+1)(2k+3)

and EΘm>EkE_{\Theta_m}>E_k, then Θm\Theta_m is linearly stable with respect to Θn\Theta_n.

The surrounding results leave these endpoint ratios outside the open intervals where the high-energy behavior is determined. The conjecture predicts opposite stability behavior at the two endpoints.

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Primary source

Ubertino Battisti, Elvise Berchio, Alberto Ferrero and Filippo Gazzola, “Energy transfer between modes in a nonlinear beam equation”, arXiv:1703.06502 (2017).

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