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An index theory and existence of multiple brake orbits for star-shaped Hamiltonian systems

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Szulkin, A. An index theory and existence of multiple brake orbits for star-shaped Hamiltonian systems. Math. Ann. 283, 241–255 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01446433

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