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We received partial support in the research from NSF contract GP 8007. We would also like to thank C. Zeeman and L. Motchane for their hospitality at the University of Warwick, Maths. Inst., and the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette respectively.
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Smale, S. Topology and mechanics. I. Invent Math 10, 305–331 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418778
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