Hamiltonian and Lagrangian flows on center manifolds : with applications to elliptic variational problems /

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Author / Creator:Mielke, Alexander, 1958-
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1991.
Description:1 online resource (x, 140 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1489
Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; 1489.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11070406
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ISBN:9783540464419
3540464417
9783540547105
354054710X
9780387547107
038754710X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.
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Summary:The theory of center manifold reduction is studied in this monograph in the context of (infinite-dimensional) Hamil- tonian and Lagrangian systems. The aim is to establish a "natural reduction method" for Lagrangian systems to their center manifolds. Nonautonomous problems are considered as well assystems invariant under the action of a Lie group (including the case of relative equilibria). The theory is applied to elliptic variational problemson cylindrical domains. As a result, all bounded solutions bifurcating from a trivial state can be described by a reduced finite-dimensional variational problem of Lagrangian type. This provides a rigorous justification of rod theory from fully nonlinear three-dimensional elasticity. The book will be of interest to researchers working in classical mechanics, dynamical systems, elliptic variational problems, and continuum mechanics. It begins with the elements of Hamiltonian theory and center manifold reduction in order to make the methods accessible to non-specialists, from graduate student level.
Other form:Print version: Mielke, Alexander, 1958- Hamiltonian and Lagrangian flows on center manifolds. Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1991 354054710X