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Averaging for fast periodic oscillations: order- agreement on the time scale
Statement
Let , , let be open, and let be continuous, continuously partially differentiable in the second variable and -periodic in time, with average and deviation as in Periodic averaging data: the average field, the oscillatory part and the periodic deviation. Here is the total derivative in the state variable defined in Elementary bounds for the periodic average, the deviation and its time derivative. Let , let with (Open ball, closed ball and sphere in a metric space), and let satisfy
being the operator norm (The operator norm as the least bound and as the unit-sphere or unit-ball supremum). Put
where and are parameters. Suppose is a solution of the averaged system
If , then the solution of , exists on all of and satisfies, for every ,
Remarks
- Scaling. The two curves agree to order on the time interval of length , For a fixed period , this horizon contains periods. The constant is explicit and grows like ; no claim is made for times longer than or beyond the trapping radius .
- Scope. , , , , are mathematical objects; no physical identification or empirical claim is made. The theorem compares two explicitly specified ODE solutions; the averaged system is a different model, not an exact description.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The data , the derived , and the parameters , , with a solution of the averaged system.
Derivative-to-Lipschitz bound and periodic-deviation bounds: for each fixed , the map is -Lipschitz on the convex ball . Indeed, for in the ball the segment lies in it, the composite is differentiable with derivative , and the vector-valued fundamental theorem estimate gives (If all partial derivatives exist on a neighbourhood and are continuous at a point, then the map is totally differentiable there with Jacobian derivative, The chain rule for total derivatives: , If is differentiable with integrable then ; and a bounded derivative makes Lipschitz). Thus Elementary bounds for the periodic average, the deviation and its time derivative applies and gives and on the ball; for , ; there; ; and is totally differentiable on . [given]
The field is continuous. Near any , choose a time interval and a convex state ball contained in on which continuity of bounds its operator norm by some finite . For each fixed time in that interval, the line-segment argument of [F1], with in place of , gives for states in that ball. This is local Lipschitz continuity in the state variable as defined in Local Lipschitz continuity in the state variable, locally uniform in time and parameters, so the Picard-Lindelof theorem gives a unique maximal solution of the initial-value problem (First-order systems, initial value problems, and solutions on intervals, Every Picard–Lindelöf initial value problem has one maximal solution on an open interval, Extensions, maximal solutions, maximal intervals, and global solutions). Every such solution satisfies the Volterra equation (A first-order initial value problem is equivalent to its Volterra integral equation), and compact continuation extends a maximal solution whose graph stays in a compact subset of near a finite endpoint (Compact continuation for locally Lipschitz ODEs: a solution whose graph stays in a compact subset of the domain near a finite endpoint extends past it). [given]
Chain rule: for a totally differentiable curve on and a differentiable curve , the composite is differentiable with derivative (The chain rule for total derivatives: ). [given]
Integral inequalities: and monotonicity for real integrands (For and integrable when , ; for , is integrable, If on and both are integrable then ; and , The derivative and the Riemann integral of a vector-valued function: an intrinsic derivative and a componentwise integral); Gronwall: if continuous satisfies on with constants , then (apply the nondecreasing- clause of Gronwall's integral inequality with variable and constant coefficients with and ). [given]
Proof
By [F2] let be the unique maximal solution of with , where . Define , with if this set is empty, and . For one has , so the bounds of [F1] apply; also is totally differentiable near , as required by [F3].
Estimate on . Put and . Since , . By [F3] and , so for . Using [F1], because , and . Therefore, by [F4], and the Gronwall inequality of [F4] with , , gives for . Hence
No exit and continuation. If , continuity lets the estimate of step 2.1 pass to ; then a contradiction. Hence for every , step 2.1 and the hypothesis on give . If were finite, the graph of near would stay in the compact subset of , so compact continuation [F2] would extend past , contradicting maximality. Thus , and is defined on all of ; continuity extends the estimate of step 2.1 to the endpoint, proving the claim.
Depends on
Periodic averaging data: the average field, the oscillatory part and the periodic deviation
Elementary bounds for the periodic average, the deviation and its time derivative
Compact continuation for locally Lipschitz ODEs: a solution whose graph stays in a compact subset of the domain near a finite endpoint extends past it
Every Picard–Lindelöf initial value problem has one maximal solution on an open interval
Extensions, maximal solutions, maximal intervals, and global solutions
First-order systems, initial value problems, and solutions on intervals
Local Lipschitz continuity in the state variable, locally uniform in time and parameters
Gronwall's integral inequality with variable and constant coefficients
A first-order initial value problem is equivalent to its Volterra integral equation
For and integrable when , ; for , is integrable
If on and both are integrable then ; and
The chain rule for total derivatives:
If is differentiable with integrable then ; and a bounded derivative makes Lipschitz
If all partial derivatives exist on a neighbourhood and are continuous at a point, then the map is totally differentiable there with Jacobian derivative
The derivative and the Riemann integral of a vector-valued function: an intrinsic derivative and a componentwise integral
The operator norm as the least bound and as the unit-sphere or unit-ball supremum
Open ball, closed ball and sphere in a metric space
Intervals of : the nine order-convex forms, nondegeneracy, and length
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- K. Likharev, Essential Graduate Physics, Classical Mechanics (complete 252-page volume), Chapter 5 Section 5.3, Eqs. (5.52)-(5.57): the reduced (averaged) equations for a weakly perturbed oscillator, obtained to first order in the small parameter, printed pages 12-14 of Chapter 5 (PDF pages 99-101)
- I. Stewart, Advanced Classical Mechanics (MIT 8.09 Fall 2014, complete course text), Chapter 5 Sections 5.2-5.3, Eqs. (5.22)-(5.28): splitting a perturbation into periodic and secular parts and averaging over one period, printed pages 96-98