Is the Hamiltonian geometrical criterion for chaos always reliable?

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2009.07.001zbMath1179.37045OpenAlexW2010684088MaRDI QIDQ730802

Xin Wu

Publication date: 1 October 2009

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2009.07.001

zbMATH Keywords

manifoldchaosparametric instabilityHamiltonian systemfluctuations of curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-02)

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