Iteration Inequalities of the Maslov-Type Index Theory with Applications

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 355-376

  Liu, Chun Gen ^a   Long, Yiming ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian system; Iteration inequality; Maslov type index; Prescribed minimal period solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012536240     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.2000.3775     Document Type: Article

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