The iteration formula of the maslov-type index theory with applications to nonlinear hamiltonian systems

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 349, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2619-2661

  Dong, D I ^a   Long, Yiming ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian systems; Iteration formula; Maslov type index; Minimal period; Normal form of a symplectic matrix; Perturbation of eigenvalues; Symplectic path

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646876246     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-97-01718-2     Document Type: Article

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