INTRODUCTION TO HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND THE N-BODY PROBLEM by Kenneth Meyer, Glen R. Hall, Dan Offin ( 9780387097237 )

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INTRODUCTION TO HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND THE N-BODY PROBLEM

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ISBN 10:

0387097236

ISBN 13:

9780387097237

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SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

12 December, 2008

Edition:

2nd ed. 2009

Series:

Applied Mathematical Sciences 90

Pages:

399

Description:

Arising from a graduate course taught to math and engineering students, this text provides a systematic grounding in the theory of Hamiltonian systems, as well as introducing the theory of integrals and reduction. A number of other topics are covered too.

Synopsis:

Thisneweditionexpandsonsomeoldmaterialandintroducessomenews- jects. The expanded topics include: parametric stability, logarithms of s- plecticmatrices,normalformsforHamiltonianmatrices,spacialDelaunay- ements, pulsating coordinates, Lyapunov-Chetaev stability applications and more. There is a new section on the Maslov index and a new chapter on variational arguments as applied to the celebrated ?gure-eight orbit of the 3-body problem. Still the beginning chapters can serve as a ?rst graduate level course on Hamiltonian dynamical systems, but there is far too much material for a s- gle course. Instructors will have to select chapters to meet their interests and the needs of their class. It will also serve as a reference text and introduction to the literature. The authors wish to thank their wives and families for giving them the time to work on this project. They acknowledge the support of their univer- ties and various funding agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Taft Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council through the Discovery Grants Program.Thissecondeditioninmanuscriptformwasreadbymanyindividualswho mademanyvaluablesuggestionsandcorrections.OurthanksgotoHildeberto Cabral, Scott Dumas, Vadin Fitton, Clarissa Howison, Jesus ' Palaci' an, Dieter Schmidt, Jaume Soler, Qiudong Wang, and Patricia Yanguas. Nonetheless, it is the readers responsibility to inform us of additional er- ? rors.LookforemailaddressesandanerrataonMATH.UC.EDU/ MEYER/.

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XIII, 399 p.

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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