{ "id": "0904.3858", "version": "v2", "published": "2009-04-24T12:59:17.000Z", "updated": "2009-05-06T18:54:11.000Z", "title": "The virial theorem for nonlinear problems", "authors": [ "Paolo Amore", "Francisco M Fernández" ], "categories": [ "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "We show that the virial theorem provides a useful simple tool for approximating nonlinear problems. In particular we consider conservative nonlinear oscillators and a bifurcation problem. In the former case we obtain the same main result derived earlier from the expansion in Chebyshev polynomials.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2009-05-06T18:54:11.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "virial theorem", "main result derived earlier", "conservative nonlinear oscillators", "chebyshev polynomials", "useful simple tool" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2009arXiv0904.3858A" } } }