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RIBEIRO FILHO, A.; MIRANDA FILHO, R. C. de; VASCONCELOS, D. S. de  e  ROCHA, J. F. M.. Hamiltonian dynamics of the Landau-Ginzburg model for the phase transition in (NH₄)₂BeF₄. Braz. J. Phys. [online]. 2000, vol.30, n.3, pp. 602-609. ISSN 0103-9733.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-97332000000300019.

We present a Hamiltonian treatment of the Landau-Ginzburg theory of phase transitions in the case of incommensurate ferroelectric systems like (NH₄)₂BeF₄. This formulation has the advantage of treating the system as an example of a nonlinear dynamical system.