Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction

In mathematics, the Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction or Lyapunov–Schmidt construction is used to study solutions to nonlinear equations in the case when the implicit function theorem does not work. It permits the reduction of infinite-dimensional equations in Banach spaces to finite-dimensional equations. It is named after Aleksandr Lyapunov and Erhard Schmidt.

Problem setup

Let

f(x,\lambda)=0 \,

be the given nonlinear equation, $X,\Lambda,$ and $Y$ are Banach spaces ( $\Lambda$ is the parameter space). $f(x,\lambda)$ is the $C^p$ -map from a neighborhood of some point $(x_0,\lambda_0)\in X\times \Lambda$ to $Y$ and the equation is satisfied at this point

f(x_0,\lambda_0)=0.

For the case when the linear operator $f_x(x,\lambda)$ is invertible, the implicit function theorem assures that there exists a solution $x(\lambda)$ satisfying the equation $f(x(\lambda),\lambda)=0$ at least locally close to $\lambda_0$ .

In the opposite case, when the linear operator $f_x(x,\lambda)$ is non-invertible, the Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction can be applied in the following way.

Assumptions

One assumes that the operator $f_x(x,\lambda)$ is a Fredholm operator.

$\ker f_x (x_0,\lambda_0)=X_1$ and $X_{1}$ has finite dimension.

The range of this operator $\mathrm{ran} f_x (x_0,\lambda_0)=Y_1$ has finite co-dimension and is a closed subspace in $Y$ .

Without loss of generality, one can assume that $(x_0,\lambda_0)=(0,0).$

Lyapunov–Schmidt construction

Let us split $Y$ into the direct product $Y= Y_1 \oplus Y_2$ , where $\dim Y_2 < \infty$ .

Let $Q$ be the projection operator onto $Y_1$ .

Let us consider also the direct product $X= X_1 \oplus X_2$ .

Applying the operators $Q$ and $I-Q$ to the original equation, one obtains the equivalent system

Qf(x,\lambda)=0 \,

(I-Q)f(x,\lambda)=0 \,

Let $x_1\in X_1$ and $x_2 \in X_2$ , then the first equation

Qf(x_1+x_2,\lambda)=0 \,

can be solved with respect to $x_{2}$ by applying the implicit function theorem to the operator

Qf(x_1+x_2,\lambda): \quad X_2\times(X_1\times\Lambda)\to Y_1 \,

(now the conditions of the implicit function theorem are fulfilled).

Thus, there exists a unique solution $x_2(x_1,\lambda)$ satisfying

Qf(x_{1}+x_{2}(x_{1},\lambda ),\lambda )=0.\,

Now substituting $x_2(x_1,\lambda)$ into the second equation, one obtains the final finite-dimensional equation

(I-Q)f(x_{1}+x_{2}(x_{1},\lambda ),\lambda )=0.\,

Indeed, the last equation is now finite-dimensional, since the range of $(I-Q)$ is finite-dimensional. This equation is now to be solved with respect to $x_{1}$ , which is finite-dimensional, and parameters : $\lambda$

References

Louis Nirenberg, Topics in nonlinear functional analysis, New York Univ. Lecture Notes, 1974.
Aleksandr Lyapunov, Sur les figures d’équilibre peu différents des ellipsoides d’une masse liquide

homogène douée d’un mouvement de rotation, Zap. Akad. Nauk St. Petersburg (1906), 1–225.

Aleksandr Lyapunov, Problème général de la stabilité du mouvement, Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse 2

(1907), 203–474.

Erhard Schmidt, Zur Theory der linearen und nichtlinearen Integralgleichungen, 3 Teil, Math.

Annalen 65 (1908), 370–399.

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