Second order Lagrangian Twist systems: simple closed characteristics

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-01-02882-3zbMath0998.37014OpenAlexW2159706263MaRDI QIDQ2781366

Robert C. A. M. VanderVorst, Jan Bouwe Van Den Berg

Publication date: 19 March 2002

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9947-01-02882-3

zbMATH Keywords

closed characteristicssecond-order Lagrangian systemstwist systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Existence theories in calculus of variations and optimal control (49J99)

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