How to apply numerical tools to study dynamical systems : The CP problem

Given a system of differential equations, normally it is not possible to find the associated solutions analytically, so other ways have to be taken into account in order to describe the behaviour of the system. The goal of this thesis is to study how to construct numerically the skeleton of a given...

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Autor: Aranda May, Montserrat
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099.1/23113
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/23113
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Numerical analysis
Numerical Methods
Dynamical Systems
Hamiltonian Systems
Anàlisi numèrica
Classificació AMS::65 Numerical analysis::65P Numerical problems in dynamical systems
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi numèrica
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Sumario:Given a system of differential equations, normally it is not possible to find the associated solutions analytically, so other ways have to be taken into account in order to describe the behaviour of the system. The goal of this thesis is to study how to construct numerically the skeleton of a given dynamical system, starting with the computation of the easiest solutions -equilibrium points- and following with other invariant objects as manifolds of equilibria, homoclinic orbits, periodic orbits (PO), manifolds of PO, chaos, island chains, etc. Thanks to these particular solutions and using well-known theory of Dynamical Systems, one can get an idea of the general behaviour of the system. The project studies the particular case of the system that models the behaviour of a hydrogen atom in a circularly polarized microwave field (CP problem).