A geometric mechanism for diffusion in Hamiltonian systems overcoming the large gap problem: Heuristics and rigorous verification on a model

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 179, Issue 844, 2006, Pages 1-149

  Delshams, Amadeu ^a   De La Llave, Rafael ^a   Seara, Tere M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arnol'd diffusion; Heteroclinic connections; Instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344453375     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0844     Document Type: Review

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