A practical use of the Melnikov homoclinic method

DOI10.1063/1.3251336zbMath1304.34081OpenAlexW2068395510MaRDI QIDQ3583690

Marcelo Marchesin, César Castilho

Publication date: 17 August 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3251336

zbMATH Keywords

chaosperturbation theorypendulum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to stochasticity (chaotic behavior) for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K55) Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45) Complex behavior and chaotic systems of ordinary differential equations (34C28) Perturbations, asymptotics of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E10) Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C37) Hyperbolic singular points with homoclinic trajectories in dynamical systems (37G20)

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