Instability of an equilibrium in a potential field

DOI10.1007/BF00405242zbMath0679.70003MaRDI QIDQ1823036

Steven D. Taliaferro

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Lagrange-Dirichlet theorem; instability of an equilibrium position

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70F99: Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics

70H03: Lagrange's equations

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