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Homographic solutions of the curved 3-body problem

Dynamical Systems 2010-12-14 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In the 2-dimensional curved 3-body problem, we prove the existence of Lagrangian and Eulerian homographic orbits, and provide their complete classification in the case of equal masses. We also show that the only non-homothetic hyperbolic Eulerian solutions are the hyperbolic Eulerian relative equilibria, a result that proves their instability.

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@article{arxiv.1001.1789,
  title  = {Homographic solutions of the curved 3-body problem},
  author = {Florin Diacu and Ernesto Perez-Chavela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1789},
  year   = {2010}
}

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34 pages, 7 figures, new introduction