Quasi-periodic motions in families of dynamical systems
Subtitle: order amidst chaos
By: Hendrik W. Broer, George B. Huitema, Mikhail B. Sevryuk.
Contributors: Huitema, George B., 1957-; Sevryuk, M. B.
Series: Lecture notes in mathematics,; 1645; Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ;; 1645.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Hamiltonian systems; Flows (Differentiable dynamical systems); Perturbation (Mathematics); Torus (Geometry)
Description: This book is on Kolmogorov-Arnol'd-Moser theory for quasi-periodic tori in dynamical systems. It gives an up-to-date report on the role parameters play for persis- tence of such tori, typically occuring on Cantor sets of positive Hausdorff measure inside phase and parameter space. The cases with preservation of symplectic or volume forms or time-reversal symmetries are included. The concepts of Whitney-smoothness and Diophantine approximation of Cantor sets on submanifolds of Euclidean space are treated, as well as Bruno's theory on analytic continuation of tori. Partly this material is new to Western mathematicians. The reader should be familiar with dynamical systems theory, differen- tial equations and some analysis. The book is directed to researchers, but its entrance level is introductory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index.