A Dirichlet criterion for the stability of periodic and relative periodic orbits in Hamiltonian systems

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-159

  Ortega, Juan Pablo ^a   Ratiu, Tudor S ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet criterion; Hamiltonian systems; Periodic and relative periodic orbits; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472562     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(99)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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