Central configurations for Newtonian \(N+2p+1\)-body problems (Q369842)

Summary: We show the existence of spatial central configurations for the \(N+2p+1\)-body problems. In the \(N+2p+1\)-body problems, \(N\) bodies are at the vertices of a regular \(N\)-gon \(T\); \(2p\) bodies are symmetric with respect to the center of \(T\), and located on the straight line which is perpendicular to the regular \(N\)-gon \(T\) and passes through the center of \(T\); the \(N+2p+1\)th is located at the the center of \(T\). The masses located on the vertices of the regular \(N\)-gon are assumed to be equal; the masses located on the same line and symmetric with respect to the center of \(T\) are equal.