An infinite-dimensional Kolmogorov theorem and the construction of almost periodic breathers

Abstract

In this paper, we present two infinite-dimensional Kolmogorov theorems based on non-resonant frequencies of Bourgain's Diophantine type or even weaker conditions. To be more precise, under a Legendre-type nondegeneracy condition for an infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian system, we prove the persistence of a full-dimensional KAM torus with a universally prescribed frequency independent of any spectral asymptotics. As an application, we prove that for a class of perturbed networks with weakly coupled oscillators described by \[\frac{{{{\rm d}^2}{x_n}}}{{{\rm d}{t^2}}} + V'\left( {{x_n}} \right) = \varepsilon_n {W'\left( {{x_{n + 1}} - {x_n}} \right) - \varepsilon_{n-1}W'\left( {{x_n} - {x_{n - 1}}} \right)} ,\quad n \in \mathbb{Z},\] or even for more general perturbed networks, frequency-preserving almost periodic breathers do persist, provided that the local potential $ V $ and the coupling potential $ W $ satisfy certain assumptions. In particular, this yields the first frequency-preserving result for the Aubry--MacKay conjecture [MA94,Aub95].