
Geometry 
of 
the Melnikov Vector 
Finally 
121 
One 
of 
the special situations of  the Hamiltonian nature appears in the splitting index 
6(7) 
of 
7. 
Since 
DXjq(z+) 
= 
limt-oo 
A(t), 
DXjq(z+) 
is infinitesimally symplectic. 
Hence if 
7 
E 
u(DX,(z+)), 
then 
x, 
-A, 
-x 
E 
u(DXjq(z+)), 
where 
u(DXjq(z+)) 
is the 
spectrum 
of 
DXH(Z+) 
and 
5 
is the complex conjugate 
of 
A. 
This symmetry property 
implies that both the stable and the unstable subspaces of 
DX,(z+) 
have dimension 
n.  Similarly, the stable and the unstable subspaces of 
DXjq(z-) 
= 
limt,-, 
A(t) 
have 
dimension n and hence we  have 
Proposition 
9.2. 
Suppose that  Hamiltonian system 
(9.1) 
has 
a 
homoclinic or hete- 
roclinic orbit 
7. 
Then 
6(7) 
= 
0. 
I 
Now  we  suppose that  Hamiltonian system 
(9.1) 
is 
completely integrable.  That 
is,  there  exist  n Coo-functions 
Fl 
= 
H, 
Fz, 
. . . 
, 
F,, 
on 
IR'" 
which  are in involution, 
namely 
{F,, 
Fj} 
= 
0 
for 
1 
5 
i, 
j 
5 
n, and 
dFi, 
i 
= 
1,. 
. . 
, 
n, are linearly independent 
everywhere in 
Elz" 
- 
{z*}. 
We  recall that 
dH(z*) 
= 
0 
in our 
case. 
Let 
F,(-y(t)) 
= 
f, 
E 
IR, 
i 
= 
1,. 
. . 
,n, and defme the set 
Mf 
= 
{z 
E 
IR'" 
- 
{z*} 
: 
F,(z) 
= 
f,, 
i 
= 
1,. 
. . 
,n}.  Then  the  Liuville integrability  theorem  (cf.  Arnold 
[l]) 
asserts that 
Mf 
is an n-dimensional smooth manifold in 
R'" 
which is invariant under 
the flow 
of 
each Hamiltonian vector field 
Xpi 
, 
i 
= 
1,. 
. 
. 
, 
n.  Therefore the components 
of  the stable and unstable  manifolds both  of  which contain the orbit 
7 
coincide each 
other and  it is  contained in 
Mf. 
Furthermore, 
Xpi(7(t)), 
i 
= 
1,. 
. 
. 
, 
n, constitute 
a 
basis of 
T,(t)Mf.