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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144618603321

Autore

Siburg Karl Friedrich

Titolo

The Principle of Least Action in Geometry and Dynamics / / by Karl Friedrich Siburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2004

ISBN

3-540-40985-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2004.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 132 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1844

Classificazione

37J05

53D35

58E30

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Geometry, Differential

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

Differential Geometry

Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Aubry-Mather Theory -- Mather-Mané Theory -- The Minimal Action and Convex Billiards -- The Minimal Action Near Fixed Points and Invariant Tori -- The Minimal Action and Hofer's Geometry -- The Minimal Action and Symplectic Geometry -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

New variational methods by Aubry, Mather, and Mane, discovered in the last twenty years, gave deep insight into the dynamics of convex Lagrangian systems. This book shows how this Principle of Least Action appears in a variety of settings (billiards, length spectrum, Hofer geometry, modern symplectic geometry). Thus, topics from modern dynamical systems and modern symplectic geometry are linked in a new and sometimes surprising way. The central object is Mather’s minimal action functional. The level is for graduate students onwards,



but also for researchers in any of the subjects touched in the book.