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Morse Index of Approximating Periodic Solutions for the Billiard Problem. Application to Existence Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Philippe Bolle
Philippe Bolle*
Affiliation:
CEREMADE Université Paris-Dauphine Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 Paris cedex 16 France
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Abstract

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This paper deals with periodic solutions for the billiard problem in a bounded open set of ${{\mathbb{R}}^{N}}$ which are limits of regular solutions of Lagrangian systems with a potential well. We give a precise link between the Morse index of approximate solutions (regarded as critical points of Lagrangian functionals) and the properties of the bounce trajectory to which they converge.

Keywords

34C2558E50
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1998 , pp. 497 - 524
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1998

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