On the structure of symplectic mappings. The fast Lyapunov indicator: A very sensitive tool

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 78, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 167-195

  Froeschlé, Claude ^a   Lega, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Chaos; Chirikov; Nekhoroshev; Numerical tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008488784     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011141018230     Document Type: Article

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