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Hamiltonian systems, symplectic flows, classical integrable systems

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Is there a high level reason why the inverse square law of gravitation yields periodic orbit...

Given a spherically symmetric potential $V: {\bf R}^d \to {\bf R}$, smooth away from the origin, one can consider the Newtonian equations of motion $$ \frac{d^2}{dt^2} x = - (\nabla V)(x)$$ for a part …
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Is a symplectic camel actually prohibited from passing through the eye of a needle?

Gromov's symplectic nonsqueezing theorem asserts that in the symplectic space ${\bf R}^{2n}$ with canonical coordinates $p_1,\dots,p_n,q_1,\dots,q_n$, and two radii $0 < r < R$, it is not possible to …
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