On central configurations of the κn-body problem
We consider planar central configurations of the Newtonian κn-body problem consisting in κ groups of regular n-gons of equal masses, called (κ,n)-crown. We derive the equations of central configurations for a general (κ,n)-crown. When κ=2 we prove the existence of a twisted (2,n)-crown for any value...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:204399 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/204399 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.jmaa.2019.04.010 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Celestial mechanics N-body problem Planar central configurations Twisted central configurations |
| Summary: | We consider planar central configurations of the Newtonian κn-body problem consisting in κ groups of regular n-gons of equal masses, called (κ,n)-crown. We derive the equations of central configurations for a general (κ,n)-crown. When κ=2 we prove the existence of a twisted (2,n)-crown for any value of the mass ratio. Moreover, for n=3,4 and any value of the mass ratio, we give the exact number of twisted (2,n)-crowns, and describe their location. Finally, we conjecture that for any value of the mass ratio there exist exactly three (2,n)-crowns for n≥5. |
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