Hamiltonian Dynamical Systems and Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Craig, Walter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Differential equations.; Partial differential equations.; Physics.; Mechanics.; Partial Differential Equations.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Ordinary Differential Equations.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Physical laws are for the most part expressed in terms of differential equations, and natural classes of these are in the form of conservation laws or of problems of the calculus of variations for an action functional. These problems can generally be posed as Hamiltonian systems, whether dynamical s...