Geometry
of
the Melnikov Vector
Finally
121
One
of
the special situations of the Hamiltonian nature appears in the splitting index
6(7)
of
7.
Since
DXjq(z+)
=
limt-oo
A(t),
DXjq(z+)
is infinitesimally symplectic.
Hence if
7
E
u(DX,(z+)),
then
x,
-A,
-x
E
u(DXjq(z+)),
where
u(DXjq(z+))
is the
spectrum
of
DXH(Z+)
and
5
is the complex conjugate
of
A.
This symmetry property
implies that both the stable and the unstable subspaces of
DX,(z+)
have dimension
n. Similarly, the stable and the unstable subspaces of
DXjq(z-)
=
limt,-,
A(t)
have
dimension n and hence we have
Proposition
9.2.
Suppose that Hamiltonian system
(9.1)
has
a
homoclinic or hete-
roclinic orbit
7.
Then
6(7)
=
0.
I
Now we suppose that Hamiltonian system
(9.1)
is
completely integrable. That
is, there exist n Coo-functions
Fl
=
H,
Fz,
. . .
,
F,,
on
IR'"
which are in involution,
namely
{F,,
Fj}
=
0
for
1
5
i,
j
5
n, and
dFi,
i
=
1,.
. .
,
n, are linearly independent
everywhere in
Elz"
-
{z*}.
We recall that
dH(z*)
=
0
in our
case.
Let
F,(-y(t))
=
f,
E
IR,
i
=
1,.
. .
,n, and defme the set
Mf
=
{z
E
IR'"
-
{z*}
:
F,(z)
=
f,,
i
=
1,.
. .
,n}. Then the Liuville integrability theorem (cf. Arnold
[l])
asserts that
Mf
is an n-dimensional smooth manifold in
R'"
which is invariant under
the flow
of
each Hamiltonian vector field
Xpi
,
i
=
1,.
.
.
,
n. Therefore the components
of the stable and unstable manifolds both of which contain the orbit
7
coincide each
other and it is contained in
Mf.
Furthermore,
Xpi(7(t)),
i
=
1,.
.
.
,
n, constitute
a
basis of
T,(t)Mf.