The Geometry of the Group of Symplectic Diffeomorphism /

The group of symplectic diffeomorphisms of a symplectic manifold plays a fundamental role both in geometry and classical mechanics. What is the minimal amount of energy required in order to generate a given mechanical motion? This variational problem admits an interpretation in terms of a remarkable...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Polterovich, Leonid
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint : Birkhäuser, 2001.
Series:	Lectures in mathematics ETH Zürich.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book