Critical manifolds and stability in Hamiltonian systems with non-holonomic constraints

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 418-462

  Chen, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Non holonomic constraints

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EID: 0742289186     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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