Symmetries, Topology and Resonances in Hamiltonian Mechanics:
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Main Author: Kozlov, Valerij V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1996
Series:Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete, A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics 31
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:John Hornstein has written about the author's theorem on nonintegrability of geodesic flows on closed surfaces of genus greater than one: "Here is an example of how differential geometry, differential and algebraic topology, and Newton's laws make music together" (Amer. Math. Monthly, November 1989). Kozlov's book is a systematic introduction to the problem of exact integration of equations of dynamics. The key to the solution is to find nontrivial symmetries of Hamiltonian systems. After Poincaré's work it became clear that topological considerations and the analysis of resonance phenomena play a crucial role in the problem on the existence of symmetry fields and nontrivial conservation laws
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 378p. 32 illus)
ISBN:9783642783937
9783642783951
ISSN:0071-1136
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-78393-7

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