Index estimates for strongly indefinite functionals, periodic orbits and homoclinic solutions of first order Hamiltonian systems

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-430

  Abbondandolo, Alberto ^a   Molina, Juan ^b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

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EID: 0013233280     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005260000046     Document Type: Article

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