TY - JOUR
T1 - Finiteness of polygonal relative equilibria for generalised quasi-homogeneous n-body problems and n-body problems in spaces of constant curvature
AU - Tibboel, Pieter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - We prove for generalisations of quasi-homogeneous n-body problems with centre of mass zero and n-body problems in spaces of negative constant Gaussian curvature that if the masses and rotation are fixed, there exists, for every order of the masses, at most one equivalence class of relative equilibria for which the point masses lie on a circle, as well as that there exists, for every order of the masses, at most one equivalence class of relative equilibria for which all but one of the point masses lie on a circle and rotate around the remaining point mass. The method of proof is a generalised version of a proof by J.M. Cors, G.R. Hall and G.E. Roberts on the uniqueness of co-circular central configurations for power-law potentials.
AB - We prove for generalisations of quasi-homogeneous n-body problems with centre of mass zero and n-body problems in spaces of negative constant Gaussian curvature that if the masses and rotation are fixed, there exists, for every order of the masses, at most one equivalence class of relative equilibria for which the point masses lie on a circle, as well as that there exists, for every order of the masses, at most one equivalence class of relative equilibria for which all but one of the point masses lie on a circle and rotate around the remaining point mass. The method of proof is a generalised version of a proof by J.M. Cors, G.R. Hall and G.E. Roberts on the uniqueness of co-circular central configurations for power-law potentials.
KW - Celestial mechanics
KW - Curvature
KW - Dynamical systems
KW - Mathematical physics
KW - N-body problems
KW - Ordinary differential equations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmaa.2016.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jmaa.2016.04.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963945564
SN - 0022-247X
VL - 441
SP - 183
EP - 193
JO - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
JF - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
IS - 1
ER -