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Mathematical Research Letters
Volume 11 (2004)
Number 3
Existence of relative periodic orbits near relative equilibria
Pages: 397 – 412
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/MRL.2004.v11.n3.a11
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Abstract
We show existence of relative periodic orbits (a.k.a. relative nonlinear normal modes) near relative equilibria of a symmetric Hamiltonian system under an appropriate assumption on the Hessian of the Hamiltonian. This gives a relative version of the Moser-Weinstein theorem.
Published 1 January 2004