The monodromy of the Lagrange top and the Picard-Lefschetz formula. (Q1874072)
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The monodromy of the Lagrange top and the Picard-Lefschetz formula. (English)
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22 May 2003
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Using an algebro-geometric approach, the author shows that the monodromy of action variables of the Lagrange top and its generalizations can be deduced from the monodromy of cycles on a suitable hyperelliptic curve, which can be computed by the Picard-Lefschetz formula.
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Picard-Lefschetz formula
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momentum map
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monodromy
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