See also perturbative solution of the problem.
Here, the functions H and W depend on two variables, x and y. They include a harmonic part, cubic, and quartic anharmonicity:
H = H0 + H1 + H2, W = W0 + W1 + W2.
Harmonic parts are quadratic functions:
H0(x,y) = x2/2 + y2/2, W0(x,y) = w2x(x-x0)2/2 + wy2(y-y0)2/2.
We call wx and wy "frequencies", and x0 and y0 "displacements".
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