On the Diffusion Along Resonant Lines in Continuous and Discrete Dynamical Systems

International audienceWe detect and measure diffusion along resonances in a discrete symplectic map for different values of the coupling parameter. Qualitatively and quantitatively the results are very similar to those obtained for a quasi-integrable Hamiltonian system, i.e. in agreement with Nekhoroshev predictions, although the discrete mapping does not fulfill completely, a priori, the conditions of the Nekhoroshev theorem