A criterion for the non-existence of invariant circles
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 63 (1986), pp. 153-204. 
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Mather, John N. A criterion for the non-existence of invariant circles. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 63 (1986), pp. 153-204. http://www.numdam.org/item/PMIHES_1986__63__153_0/

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