Hamiltonian Systems: Chaos, Integrability and Phase Transition
The following sections are included:
A Dynamical System with Self-Interaction
Hamiltonian and metric tensor
Geodesic equation
Jacobi equation
Metric and covariant derivative
Two Degrees of Freedom
Potentials
Sectional curvature
Hénon–Heiles Model and Chaos
Conventional method
Evidence of chaos in a geometrical aspect
Geometry and Chaos
Invariants in a Generalized Model
Killing vector field
Another integrable case
Topological Signature of Phase Transitions
Morse function and Euler index
Signatures of phase transition
Topological change in the mean-field XY model