Hyperbolicity in multi-dimensional hamiltonian systems with applications to soft billiards

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-59

  Bálint, Péter ^a   Tóth, Imre Péter ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b ALFRÉD RÉNYI INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian systems; Hyperbolicity; Soft billiards; Symplectic cones

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745253941     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2006.15.37     Document Type: Article

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