Static equilibria of rigid bodies: Dice, pebbles, and the Poincaré-Hopf theorem

DOI10.1007/S00332-005-0691-8zbMath1149.70309OpenAlexW1972107984WikidataQ56002276 ScholiaQ56002276MaRDI QIDQ851199

Gábor Domokos, Péter L. Várkonyi

Publication date: 17 November 2006

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-005-0691-8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18) Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H99)

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