Bifurcation of Spatial Central Configurations from Planar Ones

DOI10.1137/S0036141093248414zbMath0830.34032MaRDI QIDQ4842604

Richard Moeckel, Carles Simó

Publication date: 14 January 1996

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcationgradient flowcelestial mechanicsNewtonian \(N\)-body problemsymmetrical spatial central configurations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcation theory for ordinary differential equations (34C23) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) (n)-body problems (70F10) Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99)

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