Thomson's heptagon: A case of bifurcation at infinity

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2008.02.030zbMath1143.76404WikidataQ57569612 ScholiaQ57569612MaRDI QIDQ942774

Carles Simó, Stefanella Boatto

Publication date: 5 September 2008

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2008.02.030

zbMATH Keywords

stability; relative equilibria; Hamiltonian systems; point-vortex dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

76E99: Hydrodynamic stability

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