Conserved-field real amplitude equation ($A_T=\mu A+\alpha A^2-A^3+A_{XX}-AB,B_T=\sigma (B+\delta A^2{)}_{XX}$)

With periodic boundary conditions, the spatial mean of $B$ is a conserved quantity. For zero mean write $B=H_X$ with periodic zero-mean $H$. The functional $V=⟨\mu A^2/2+\alpha A^3/3-A^4/4-A_X^2/2-A^2{H}_X/2-H_X^2/(4\delta )⟩$ generates $A_T=\delta V/\delta A$, $H_T=2\delta \sigma \delta V/\delta H$. Thus $V_T=⟨A_T^2+H_T^2/(2\delta \sigma )⟩\ge 0$. Completing the square in $H_X$ bounds $V$ above by a coercive quartic polynomial when $0<\delta <1$, ruling out nonconstant recurrent motion on regular precompact trajectories.