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1.1 The Birkhoff conjecture |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 The power of holomorphic curves |
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2 | (2) |
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1.3 Systolic inequalities and symplectic embeddings |
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4 | (2) |
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1.4 Beyond the Birkhoff conjecture |
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6 | (3) |
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2 Symplectic Geometry and Hamiltonian Mechanics |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Physical transformations |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Hamiltonian transformations |
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12 | (1) |
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2.3 Examples of Hamiltonians |
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13 | (7) |
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2.3.1 The free particle and the geodesic flow |
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13 | (2) |
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2.3.2 Stereographic projection and the geodesic flow of the round metric |
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15 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Mechanical Hamiltonians |
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16 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Magnetic Hamiltonians |
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18 | (1) |
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2.3.5 Physical symmetries |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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2.4 Hamiltonian structures |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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2.6 Liouville domains and contact type hypersurfaces |
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23 | (3) |
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2.7 Real Liouville domains and real contact manifolds |
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26 | (3) |
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3.1 Poisson brackets and Noether's theorem |
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29 | (3) |
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3.2 Hamiltonian group actions and moment maps |
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32 | (2) |
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3.3 Angular momentum, the spatial Kepler problem, and the Runge-Lenz vector |
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34 | (5) |
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3.3.1 Central force: conservation of angular momentum |
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34 | (1) |
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3.3.2 The Kepler problem and its integrals |
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35 | (1) |
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3.3.3 The Runge-Lenz vector: another integral of the Kepler problem |
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36 | (3) |
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3.4 Completely integrable systems |
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39 | (4) |
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3.5 The planar Kepler problem |
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43 | (4) |
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4 Regularization of Two-Body Collisions |
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47 | (3) |
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4.2 The Levi-Civita regularization |
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50 | (2) |
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4.3 Ligon-Schaaf regularization |
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52 | (6) |
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4.3.1 Proof of some of the properties of the Ligon-Schaaf map |
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54 | (4) |
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5 The Restricted Three-Body Problem |
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5.1 The restricted three-body problem in an inertial frame |
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58 | (1) |
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5.2 Time-dependent transformations |
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59 | (2) |
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5.3 The circular restricted three-body problem in a rotating frame |
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61 | (2) |
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5.4 The five Lagrange points |
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63 | (7) |
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70 | (1) |
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5.6 The rotating Kepler problem |
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71 | (1) |
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5.7 Moser regularization of the restricted three-body problem |
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72 | (5) |
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77 | (4) |
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5.8.1 Derivation of Hill's lunar problem |
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77 | (1) |
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5.8.2 Hill's lunar Hamiltonian |
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78 | (3) |
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5.9 Euler's problem of two fixed centers |
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81 | (4) |
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6 Contact Geometry and the Restricted Three-Body Problem |
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6.1 A contact structure for Hill's lunar problem |
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85 | (3) |
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6.2 Contact connected sum |
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88 | (4) |
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90 | (2) |
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6.3 A real contact structure for the restricted three-body problem |
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92 | (1) |
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7 Periodic Orbits in Hamiltonian Systems |
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7.1 A short history of the research on periodic orbits |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (3) |
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7.3 The kernel of the Hessian |
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99 | (5) |
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7.4 Periodic orbits of the first and second kind |
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104 | (7) |
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7.5 Symmetric periodic orbits and brake orbits |
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111 | (9) |
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7.6 Blue sky catastrophes |
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120 | (3) |
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7.7 Elliptic and hyperbolic orbits |
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123 | (4) |
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8 Periodic Orbits in the Restricted Three-Body Problem |
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8.1 Some heroes in the search for periodic orbits |
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127 | (2) |
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8.2 Periodic orbits in the rotating Kepler problem |
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129 | (9) |
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8.2.1 The shape of the orbits if E < 0 |
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129 | (2) |
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8.2.2 The circular orbits |
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131 | (2) |
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8.2.3 The averaging method |
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133 | (3) |
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8.2.4 Periodic orbits of the second kind |
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136 | (2) |
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8.3 The retrograde and direct periodic orbit |
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138 | (11) |
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138 | (2) |
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8.3.2 Birkhoff's shooting method |
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140 | (7) |
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147 | (2) |
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8.4 Periodic orbits of the second kind for small mass ratios |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (6) |
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8.6 Sublevel sets of a Hamiltonian and 1-handles |
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157 | (6) |
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9 Global Surfaces of Section |
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9.1 Disk-like global surfaces of section |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (4) |
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170 | (3) |
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9.3.1 Global surface of section |
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172 | (1) |
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9.4 Existence results from holomorphic curve theory |
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173 | (4) |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (1) |
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9.5 Invariant global surfaces of section |
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177 | (2) |
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9.6 Fixed points and periodic points |
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179 | (1) |
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9.7 Reversible maps and symmetric fixed points |
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180 | (3) |
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10.1 The Maslov index for loops |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (10) |
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10.3 The Maslov index for paths |
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195 | (1) |
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10.4 The Conley-Zehnder index |
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196 | (1) |
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10.5 Invariants of the group SL(2, R) |
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197 | (6) |
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203 | (4) |
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11.1 A Fredholm operator and its spectrum |
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207 | (8) |
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215 | (6) |
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11.3 Winding numbers of eigenvalues |
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221 | (4) |
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12.1 Convex hypersurfaces |
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225 | (5) |
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12.2 Convexity implies dynamical convexity |
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230 | (8) |
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12.3 Hamiltonian flow near a critical point of index 1 |
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238 | (5) |
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243 | (2) |
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13.2 The Hofer energy of a holomorphic plane |
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245 | (3) |
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13.3 The Omega-limit set of a finite energy plane |
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248 | (3) |
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13.4 Non-degenerate finite energy planes |
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251 | (1) |
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13.5 The asymptotic formula |
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252 | (4) |
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13.6 The index inequality and fast finite energy planes |
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256 | (9) |
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14 Siefring's Intersection Theory for Fast Finite Energy Planes |
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14.1 Positivity of intersection for closed curves |
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265 | (2) |
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14.2 The algebraic intersection number for finite energy planes |
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267 | (4) |
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14.3 Siefring's intersection number |
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271 | (1) |
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14.4 Siefring's inequality |
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272 | (7) |
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14.5 Computations and applications |
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279 | (6) |
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15 The Moduli Space of Fast Finite Energy Planes |
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285 | (6) |
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15.2 The first Chern number |
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291 | (4) |
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15.3 The normal Conley--Zehnder index |
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295 | (3) |
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15.4 An implicit function theorem |
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298 | (2) |
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300 | (6) |
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15.6 Automatic transversality |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (3) |
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16.1 Negatively punctured finite energy planes |
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311 | (2) |
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16.2 Weak SFT-compactness |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (3) |
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317 | (6) |
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17 Construction of Global Surfaces of Section |
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17.1 Open book decompositions |
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323 | (16) |
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17.1.1 More examples of finite energy planes |
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327 | (4) |
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17.1.2 Invariant surfaces of section and linking |
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331 | (2) |
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17.1.3 Global surface of section to open book |
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333 | (4) |
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17.1.4 Topological restrictions on open books |
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337 | (2) |
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18 Numerics and Dynamics via Global Surfaces of Section |
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339 | (2) |
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18.2 Finding orbits via shooting |
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341 | (4) |
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18.2.1 Following an orbit by varying |
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342 | (1) |
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18.2.2 Conley--Zehnder index |
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342 | (1) |
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18.2.3 How to make the numerics rigorous |
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343 | (1) |
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18.2.4 Integration with error bounds |
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344 | (1) |
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18.2.5 Finding periodic orbits |
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345 | (1) |
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18.3 Numerical construction of a foliation by global surfaces of section |
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345 | (5) |
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18.3.1 Numerical holomorphic curves |
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345 | (2) |
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18.3.2 Some implementation details |
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347 | (1) |
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18.3.3 An ad hoc approach |
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348 | (2) |
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18.4 Finding a discretized return map and seeing the dynamics |
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350 | (7) |
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18.4.1 Some results and observations |
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351 | (4) |
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18.4.2 Another return map |
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355 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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