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Existence of diffusion orbits in a lattice system

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We study a model which is a periodic lattice system with nearest neighbors coupling. Using the variational methods, we show the existence of diffusion orbits under a generic perturbation of time periodic.

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Li, J. Existence of diffusion orbits in a lattice system. Acta. Math. Sin.-English Ser. 29, 1075–1088 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10114-013-2168-2

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