Universal Birkhoff Method for Computing Extremals in the Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problem

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2608.07815MaRDI QIDQ7284725arXivFDO

Authors Michael J. Dixon, Isaac M. Ross

Publication date 7 August 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr The paper computes finite-thrust extremal arcs in the elliptic restricted three-body trajectory optimization problem using a combination of universal Birkhoff theory and fast, guess-free spectral algorithms. The main contribution is that it derives checkable optimality conditions for minimum-time and time-constrained minimum-propellant problems by applying Pontryagin's principle to libration-point orbits approximated via Chebyshev-Gauss-Lobatto points and a recently developed propellant consumption model.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.07815

arXiv classification

eess.SYmath.NAmath.OC

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