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Cotangent bundle reduction and Poincar\'e-Birkhoff normal forms

Dynamical Systems 2012-11-27 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

In this paper we study a systematic and natural construction of canonical coordinates for the reduced space of a cotangent bundle with a free Lie group action. The canonical coordinates enable us to compute Poincar{\'e}-Birkhoff normal forms of relative equilibria using standard algorithms. The case of simple mechanical systems with symmetries is studied in detail. As examples we compute Poincar{\'e}-Birkhoff normal forms for a Lagrangian equilateral triangle configuration of a three-body system with a Morse-type potential and the stretched-out configuration of a double spherical pendulum.

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@article{arxiv.1211.5752,
  title  = {Cotangent bundle reduction and Poincar\'e-Birkhoff normal forms},
  author = {Ünver Çiftçi and Holger Waalkens and Henk Broer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5752},
  year   = {2012}
}

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34 pages, 7 figures

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