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We present and review results on the continuation and bifurcation of periodic solutions in conservative, reversible and Hamiltonian systems in the presence of symmetries. In particular we show how two-point boundary value problem continuation software can be used to compute families of periodic solutions of symmetric Hamiltonian systems. The technique is introduced with a very simple model example (the mathematical pendulum), justified with a theoretical continuation result and then applied to two non trivial examples: the non integrable spring pendulum and the continuation of the figure eight solution of the three body problem.
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Galan-Vioque, J., Almaraz, F.J.M. & Macías, E.F. Continuation of periodic orbits in symmetric Hamiltonian and conservative systems. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 2705–2722 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02287-6
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