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Estimates for normal forms of differential equations near an equilibrium point

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We consider the problem of finding a normal form for differential equations in the neighbourhood of an equilibrium point, and produce general explicit estimates for both the normal form at a finite order and the remainder, using the method of Lie transforms. With such technique, the classical Poincaré-Dulac theorems are recovered, and the problem of the stability of a reversible system of coupled harmonic oscillators up to exponentially large times is discussed.

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Si considera il problema di porre in forma normale un sistema di equazioni differenziali nell'intomo di un punto di equilibrio, e si danno in generale stime esplicite sia per la forma normale troncata ad un ordine finito che per i resti. Si fa uso dell'algoritmo della trasformata di Lie. Con questo metodo si riottengono i teoremi classici di Poincaré-Dulac, e si discute il problema della stabilità per tempi esponenzialmente lunghi di un sistema reversibile di oscillatori armonici accoppiati.

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Giorgilli, A., Posilicano, A. Estimates for normal forms of differential equations near an equilibrium point. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 39, 713–732 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00948732

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