Linking and closed orbits

DOI10.1007/S12188-016-0118-5zbMATH Open1388.70012arXiv1305.2799OpenAlexW3103490907MaRDI QIDQ266545FDOQ266545

Authors: Stefan Suhr, Kai Zehmisch 

Publication date: 13 April 2016

Published in: Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the Lagrangian of classical mechanics on a Riemannian manifold of bounded geometry carries a periodic solution of motion with rescribed energy, provided the potential satisfies an asymptotic growth condition, changes sign, and the negative set of the potential is non-trivial in the relative homology.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2799

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zbMATH Keywords

bounded geometryLagrangian mechanicslinking argumentnon-compact energy surfaceperiodic orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contact systems (37J55) Periodic and almost periodic solutions for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H12)

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