Index and Stability of Symmetric Periodic Orbits in Hamiltonian Systems with Application to Figure-Eight Orbit

@article{Hu2009IndexAS,
  title={Index and Stability of Symmetric Periodic Orbits in Hamiltonian Systems with Application to Figure-Eight Orbit},
  author={Xijun Hu and Shanzhong Sun},
  journal={Communications in Mathematical Physics},
  year={2009},
  volume={290},
  pages={737-777}
}
In this paper, using the Maslov index theory in symplectic geometry, we build up some stability criteria for symmetric periodic orbits in a Hamiltonian system, which is motivated by the recent discoveries in the n-body problem. The key ingredient is a generalized Bott-type iteration formula for periodic solution in the presence of finite group action on the orbit. For second order system, we prove, under general boundary conditions, the close formula for the relationship between the Morse index… 
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