The construction of double-ended classical trajectories

Abstract Relaxation methods for constructing double-ended classical trajectories are described. We illustrate our approach with an application to a model anharmonic system, the Henon-Heiles problem. Trajectories for this model exhibit a number of interesting energy-time relationships that appear to be of general use in characterizing the dynamics.

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