A minimizing property of Eulerian solutions (Q1766274)

From MaRDI portal





scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2139806
Language Label Description Also known as
default for all languages
No label defined
    English
    A minimizing property of Eulerian solutions
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2139806

      Statements

      A minimizing property of Eulerian solutions (English)
      0 references
      0 references
      0 references
      28 February 2005
      0 references
      It is known that Keplerian orbits minimize the Lagrangian action of two-body problem. Here, the planar three-body problem which has the collinear (Eulerian) solutions is examined for variation-minimizing properties of these solutions. It is proved that the elliptical solutions and collision ejection solutions with Eulerian collinear configurations are the variation minimizers of Lagrangian action restricted to a suitable loop space.
      0 references
      Lagrangian action
      0 references
      planar three-body problem
      0 references
      minimizers
      0 references

      Identifiers