Endpoint stability and instability for high-energy mode ratios

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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 k∈Nk\in\mathbb N, assume

0⩽P<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.

References

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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