Abstract
It is shown that for an appropriate class of dissipatively perturbed Hamiltonian systems, the number of unstable modes of the dynamics linearized at a nondegenerate equilibrium is determined solely by the index of the equilibrium regarded as a critical point of the Hamiltonian. In addition, the movement of the associated eigenvalues in the limit of vanishing dissipation is analyzed. ©1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 583-610 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics