The chaotic instability of a slowly spinning asymmetric top.

DOI10.1016/S0895-7177(02)00130-9MaRDI QIDQ1410107zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Michael T. Thompson, G. H. M. van der Heijden

Publication date 14 October 2003

Published in Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-7177(02)00130-9

zbMATH Keywords

homoclinic orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability problems in rigid body dynamics (70E50) Transition to stochasticity (chaotic behavior) for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K55) Homoclinic and heteroclinic trajectories for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K44)

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