Variational approach to homoclinic orbits in twist maps and an application to billiard systems

DOI10.1007/S00033-004-1077-8zbMATH Open1060.37031OpenAlexW2014396937MaRDI QIDQ701754FDOQ701754

Authors: Jian Cheng 

Publication date: 16 December 2004

Published in: ZAMP. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-004-1077-8

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zbMATH Keywords

topological entropyhomoclinic orbitsJacobi fieldstwist mapsbilliard ball systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological entropy (37B40) Dynamical aspects of twist maps (37E40)

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