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Critical Point Theory for Lagrangian Systems [electronic resource] /by Marco Mazzucchelli.

by Mazzucchelli, Marco [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Progress in Mathematics: 293Publisher: Basel : Springer Basel, 2012.Description: XII, 188 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783034801638.Subject(s): Mathematics | Differentiable dynamical systems | Global analysis | Mathematics | Mathematical Physics | Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory | Global Analysis and Analysis on ManifoldsDDC classification: 530.15 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems -- 2 Functional setting for the Lagrangian action -- 3 Discretizations -- 4 Local homology and Hilbert subspaces -- 5 Periodic orbits of Tonelli Lagrangian systems -- A An overview of Morse theory.-Bibliography -- List of symbols -- Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Lagrangian systems constitute a very important and old class in dynamics. Their origin dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, with Joseph-Louis Lagrange’s reformulation of classical mechanics. The main feature of Lagrangian dynamics is its variational flavor: orbits are extremal points of an action functional. The development of critical point theory in the twentieth century provided a powerful machinery to investigate existence and multiplicity questions for orbits of Lagrangian systems. This monograph gives a modern account of the application of critical point theory, and more specifically Morse theory, to Lagrangian dynamics, with particular emphasis toward existence and multiplicity of periodic orbits of non-autonomous and time-periodic systems.
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1 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems -- 2 Functional setting for the Lagrangian action -- 3 Discretizations -- 4 Local homology and Hilbert subspaces -- 5 Periodic orbits of Tonelli Lagrangian systems -- A An overview of Morse theory.-Bibliography -- List of symbols -- Index.

Lagrangian systems constitute a very important and old class in dynamics. Their origin dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, with Joseph-Louis Lagrange’s reformulation of classical mechanics. The main feature of Lagrangian dynamics is its variational flavor: orbits are extremal points of an action functional. The development of critical point theory in the twentieth century provided a powerful machinery to investigate existence and multiplicity questions for orbits of Lagrangian systems. This monograph gives a modern account of the application of critical point theory, and more specifically Morse theory, to Lagrangian dynamics, with particular emphasis toward existence and multiplicity of periodic orbits of non-autonomous and time-periodic systems.

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