Vanishing of KAM islands in the thermodynamic limit

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Let VNV_N denote the relative phase-space volume of the union of KAM islands for an NN-particle system at fixed energy density and fixed forcing parameters. Vanishing-of-islands conjecture.

VN0as N.V_N \to 0 \quad\text{as } N \to \infty.

This is suggested by analogy with the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem and the Boltzmann ergodic hypothesis, but the paper does not establish the limit or verify it for a concrete many-particle configuration.

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Primary source

Abdoulaye Thiam, “Mixed Global Dynamics of the Forced Vibro-Impact Oscillator with Coulomb Friction and its Symplectic Structure, KAM Tori, and Persistence”, arXiv:2605.05605 (2026).

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