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Publications and source records attributed to Larry M. Bates.
An explicit example of an exotic symplectic $\mathbf{R}^6$ is given. Together with an earlier known example on $\mathbf{R}^4$, this yields an explicit exotic symplectic form on $\mathbf{R}^{2n}$ for all $n\geq2$.
The elastica is a curve in $\R^3$ that is stationary under variations of the integral of the square of the curvature. Elastica is viewed as a dynamical system that arises from the second order calculus of variations, and its quantization is discussed.