Geometric interpretation of chaos in two-dimensional hamiltonian systems

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2722-2735

  Kandrup, Henry E ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OSCILLATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

JACOBI EQUATION; RIEMANN TENSOR; TWO DIMENSIONAL HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 0031221414     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.2722     Document Type: Article

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