Communications in Mathematical Physics

, Volume 126, Issue 3, pp 507–533 | Cite as

A system of one dimensional balls with gravity

  • Maciej P. Wojtkowski
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Abstract

We introduce a Hamiltonian system with many degrees of freedom for which the nonvanishing of (some) Lyapunov exponents almost everywhere can be established analytically.

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Neural Network Statistical Physic Complex System Nonlinear Dynamics Hamiltonian System 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Maciej P. Wojtkowski
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  1. 1.Department of MathematicsUniversity of ArizonaTucsonUSA

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