Chaotic motion of the N-vortex problem on a sphere: II. Saddle centers in three-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonians

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 237, Issue 14-17, 2008, Pages 2078-2083

  Sakajo, Takashi ^a   Yagasaki, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaos; Flows on sphere; Point vortex; Saddle centers

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SPHERES; VORTEX FLOW;

HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS; INVARIANT MANIFOLDS; NORMALLY HYPERBOLIC; POINT VORTICES; REDUCED HAMILTONIANS; SADDLE CENTERS; THREE DEGREE OF FREEDOMS; UNSTABLE MANIFOLD;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 47049096575     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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