TY - THES T1 - Two explorations in Dynamical Systems and Mechanics Y1 - 2016 A1 - Paolo Gidoni KW - Poincaré-Birkhoff Theorem AB - This thesis contains the work done by Paolo Gidoni during the doctorate programme in Matematical Analysis at SISSA, under the supervision of A. Fonda and A. DeSimone. The thesis is composed of two parts: "Avoiding cones conditions and higher dimensional twist" and "Directional friction in bio-inspired locomotion". PB - SISSA U1 - 35527 U2 - Mathematics U4 - 1 U5 - MAT/05 ER -