Recurrence and Resonance in the Cubic Klein-Gordon Equation

Abstract

In a number of models for coupled oscillators and nonlinear wave equations primary resonances dominate the phase-space phenomena. A new feature is that in a Hamiltonian framework, the interaction of primary and higher order resonances is shown to be important and can be signaled by using recurrence properties. The interaction may involve embedded double resonance. We will demonstrate these phenomena for the cubic Klein-Gordon equation on a square with Dirichlet boundary conditions using normal form techniques. The results are qualitatively and quantitatively very different from the one-dimensional spatial case.