The Principle of Least Action in Geometry and Dynamics

Karl Friedrich Siburg

ISBN 10: 3540219447 / ISBN 13: 9783540219446

Published by Springer, Springer Vieweg, 2004

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Principle of Least Action in Geometry and Dynamics
• Publisher: Springer, Springer Vieweg
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540219447
• ISBN 13: 9783540219446
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 9D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 236 grams

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Synopsis

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.