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Reduction and unfolding: the Kepler problem

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

In this paper we show, in a systematic way, how to relate the Kepler problem to the isotropic harmonic oscillator. Unlike previous approaches, our constructions are carried over in the Lagrangian formalism dealing with second order vector fields. We therefore provide a tangent bundle version of the Kustaahneimo-Stiefel map.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0411014,
  title  = {Reduction and unfolding: the Kepler problem},
  author = {Antonella D'Avanzo and Giuseppe Marmo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0411014},
  year   = {2007}
}

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latex2e, 28 pages; misprints corrected