TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mielke,Alexander
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Flows on Center Manifolds: with Applications to Elliptic Variational Problems 
T2  - Lecture Notes in Mathematics,
SN  - 9783540464419
AV  - QA299.6-433 
U1  - 515 23
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Global analysis (Mathematics)
KW  - Analysis
KW  - Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
N1  - Notations and basic facts on center manifolds -- The linear theory -- Hamiltonian flows on center manifolds -- Hamiltonian systems with symmetries -- Lagrangian systems -- Nonautonomous systems -- Elliptic variational problems on cylindrical domains -- Capillarity surface waves -- Necking of strips -- Saint-Venant's problem
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0097544
ER  -