Existence of critical invariant tori

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1879-1894

  Koch, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 56549130086     PISSN: 01433857     EISSN: 14694417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143385708000199     Document Type: Article

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