New ellipsoidal confocal coordinates and geodesics on an ellipsoid

DOI10.1007/BF02362647zbMath0889.58062MaRDI QIDQ1356306

O. Diekmann

Publication date: 29 June 1998

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York) (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsegeodesic flowellipsoidelliptical coordinatesplane billiardellipsoid confocal coordinates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Completely integrable finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, integration methods, integrability tests (37J35) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40)

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