Nonintegrability of time-periodic perturbations of analytically integrable systems near homo- and heteroclinic orbits
Kazuyuki Yagasaki
TL;DR
We address the nonintegrability of time-periodic perturbations of analytically integrable systems by embedding the perturbation into a higher-dimensional autonomous framework and applying a generalized Morales-Ramis theory via real-meromorphic integrability. A finite Fourier-series perturbation leads to a Melnikov function $M(\theta;c)$ whose nonconstancy implies nonreal-meromorphic integrability through a reduction to single-frequency components and differential Galois analysis. The proof combines a complexification of the heteroclinic structure, monodromy computations, and Morales-Ramis criteria to show nonintegrability when some Fourier component $\hat{M}_\ell(c)\neq0$. An explicit example for a periodically forced rigid body (quadrotor model) confirms the theory by producing concrete nonzero Melnikov components, illustrating practical nonintegrability criteria for multi-degree-of-freedom, time-periodic perturbations.
Abstract
We consider time-periodic perturbations of analytically integrable systems in the sense of Bogoyavlenskij and study their \emph{real-meromorphic} nonintegrability, using a generalized version due to Ayoul and Zung of the Morales-Ramis theory. The perturbation terms are assumed to have finite Fourier series in time, and the perturbed systems are rewritten as higher-dimensional autonomous systems having the small parameter as a state variable. We show that if the Melnikov functions are not constant, then the autonomous systems are not \emph{real-meromorphically} integrable near homo- and heteroclinic orbits. We illustrate the theory for rotational motions of a periodically forced rigid body, which provides a mathematical model of a quadrotor helicopter.
