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Saari's homographic conjecture for general masses in planar three-body problem under Newton potential and a strong force potential

Mathematical Physics 2016-06-28 v1 Dynamical Systems math.MP

Abstract

Saari's homographic conjecture claims that, in the N-body problem under the homogeneous potential, U=α1mimj/rijαU=\alpha^{-1}\sum m_i m_j/r_{ij}^\alpha for α0\alpha\ne 0, a motion having constant configurational measure μ=Iα/2U\mu=I^{\alpha/2}U is homographic, where II represents the moment of inertia defined by I=mimjrij2/mkI=\sum m_i m_j r_{ij}^2/\sum m_k, mim_i the mass, and rijr_{ij} the distance between particles. We prove this conjecture for general masses mk>0m_k>0 in the planar three-body problem under Newton potential (α=1\alpha=1) and a strong force potential (α=2\alpha=2).

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@article{arxiv.1503.00407,
  title  = {Saari's homographic conjecture for general masses in planar three-body problem under Newton potential and a strong force potential},
  author = {Toshiaki Fujiwara and Hiroshi Fukuda and Hiroshi Ozaki and Tetsuya Taniguchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.00407},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Submitted to Journal of Physics A