MEASURE OF RATES OF SEPARATION OF TRAJECTORIES FROM THE GEODESIC DEVIATION EQUATION IN A FERMI BASIS - AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH

Authors
SZCZESNY J SZYDLOWSKI M KRAWIEC A
Citation
J. Szczesny et al., MEASURE OF RATES OF SEPARATION OF TRAJECTORIES FROM THE GEODESIC DEVIATION EQUATION IN A FERMI BASIS - AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH, Chaos, solitons and fractals, 3(2), 1993, pp. 249-255
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mechanics,Engineering,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Chaos, solitons and fractals → ACNP
ISSN journal
09600779
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
249 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-0779(1993)3:2<249:MOROSO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In the present paper we continue our investigation of local instabilit y of geodesic flows. We solve the geodesic deviation equation in local ly symmetric spaces and then we find the Lyapunov exponents. Possible applications of this formalism are discussed.