The Morse index theorem for mechanical systems with reflections

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Main Authors: Wunsch, Jared, Yang, Mengxuan, Zou, Yuzhou
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Published: 2023
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author Wunsch, Jared
Yang, Mengxuan
Zou, Yuzhou
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Yang, Mengxuan
Zou, Yuzhou
contents We prove a Morse index theorem for action functionals on paths that are allowed to reflect at a hypersurface (either in the interior or at the boundary of a manifold). Both fixed and periodic boundary conditions are treated.
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spellingShingle The Morse index theorem for mechanical systems with reflections
Wunsch, Jared
Yang, Mengxuan
Zou, Yuzhou
Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Dynamical Systems
We prove a Morse index theorem for action functionals on paths that are allowed to reflect at a hypersurface (either in the interior or at the boundary of a manifold). Both fixed and periodic boundary conditions are treated.
title The Morse index theorem for mechanical systems with reflections
topic Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16162