The periodic orbits of an area preserving twist map

DOI10.1007/BF01218016zbMath0665.58034MaRDI QIDQ1116139

Sigurd B. Angenent

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

periodic orbitsMorse theoryheteroclinic orbitstwist numberarea preserving twist map

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Ergodic theory (37A99) Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99)

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