Generic uniqueness of the minimal Moulton central configuration

DOI10.1007/S10569-015-9642-3zbMATH Open1322.70007arXiv1406.6887OpenAlexW2136701929MaRDI QIDQ748307FDOQ748307

Authors: Renato Iturriaga, Ezequiel Maderna 

Publication date: 20 October 2015

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that, for generic (open and dense) values of the masses, the Newtonian potential function of the collinear N-body problem has $N!/2$ critical values when restricted to a fixed inertia level. In particular, we prove that for generic masses, there is only one minimal Moulton configuration.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.6887

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zbMATH Keywords

\(N\)-body problemgenericityhomothetic motionscentral configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-body problems (70F10)

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• Linear stability of elliptic relative equilibria of restricted four-body problem
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• Linear stability of elliptic relative equilibria of four-body problem with two infinitesimal masses
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