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Physics Letters A

Volume 110, Issue 5, 29 July 1985, Pages 231-234
Physics Letters A

Scale-invariant Lyapunov exponents for classical hamiltonian systems

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Abstract

The Lyapunov exponent for classical hamiltonian systems is made dimensionless by introducing a characteristic time τc. This modification yields an energy-independent exponent for systems with scale invariance.

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One of us (T.H.S.) is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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