Convexity of the figure eight solution to the three-body problem

DOI10.2140/PJM.2005.219.271zbMATH Open1082.70005arXivmath/0308252OpenAlexW2059170576MaRDI QIDQ816307FDOQ816307

Authors: Toshiaki Fujiwara, Richard Montgomery 

Publication date: 10 March 2006

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The figure eight is a remarkable solution to the Newtonian three-body problem in which the three equal masses chase each around a planar curve having the qualitative shape and symmetries of a figure eight. Here we prove that each lobe of this eight is convex.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0308252

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Three-body problems (70F07)

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