A generalized Poincaré-Birkhoff theorem with applications to coaxial vortex ring motion

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-33

  Blackmore, Denis ^a   Champanerkar, Jyoti ^a   Wang, Chengwen ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of vorticity; Coaxial vortex rings; Fixed points; Hamiltonian systems; KAM theory; Lefschetz number; Periodic orbits; Symplectic maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844431967     PISSN: 15313492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2005.5.15     Document Type: Article

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