Chaotic motion of the N-vortex problem on a sphere: I. Saddle-centers in two-degree-of-freedom hamiltonians

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 485-525

  Sakajo, Takashi ^a   Yagasaki, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chaos; Flow on sphere; Hamiltonian system; Melnikov method; Point vortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867955434     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-008-9019-9     Document Type: Article

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