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Kowalevski's analysis of the swinging Atwood's machine

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We study the Kowalevski expansions near singularities of the swinging Atwood's machine. We show that there is a infinite number of mass ratios M/mM/m where such expansions exist with the maximal number of arbitrary constants. These expansions are of the so--called weak Painlev\'e type. However, in view of these expansions, it is not possible to distinguish between integrable and non integrable cases.

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@article{arxiv.0909.5574,
  title  = {Kowalevski's analysis of the swinging Atwood's machine},
  author = {Olivier Babelon and Michel Talon and Michel Capdequi Peyranère},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5574},
  year   = {2015}
}

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30 pages