A variational principle for actions on symmetric symplectic spaces

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-441

  de M Rios, Pedro ^a   de Almeida, A Ozorio ^a  

^a CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian systems; Symplectic geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942635732     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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