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For the well-known model of a system of N particles with interaction (N-body problem), we consider the spatial problem of finding the minimum of the function of the kinetic energy of a system on its phase space under conditions on its size…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Igor Pavlov

A symmetric planar central configuration of the Newtonian six-body problem $x$ is called cross central configuration if there are precisely four bodies on a symmetry line of $x$. We use complex algebraic geometry and Groebner basis theory…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-22 Thiago Dias , Bo-Yu Pan

We apply the Thom-Milnor theorem to obtain the upper bounds on the amount of isolated (1) critical points of a potential generated by several fixed point charges(Maxwell's problem on point charges), (2) critical points of SINR, (3) critical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Vladimir Zolotov

We prove for generalisations of quasi-homogeneous $n$-body problems with center of mass zero and $n$-body problems in spaces of negative constant Gaussian curvature that if the masses and rotation are fixed, there exists, for every order of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-06 Pieter Tibboel

A previous work introduced pair space, which is spanned by the center of mass of a system and the relative positions (pair positions) of its constituent bodies. Here, I show that in the $N$-body Newtonian problem, a configuration that does…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Alon Drory

We prove that if for relative equilibrium solutions of a generalisation of the $n$-body problem of celestial mechanics the masses and rotation are given, then the minimum distance between the point masses of such a relative equilibrium has…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-01-15 Pieter Tibboel

We consider N-body problems with homogeneous potential $1/r^{2\kappa}$ where $\kappa\in(0,1)$, including the Newtonian case ($\kappa=1/2$). Given $R>0$ and $T>0$, we find a uniform upper bound for the minimal action of paths binding in time…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-02-24 Ezequiel Maderna

We consider the critical points (equilibria) of a planar potential generated by $n$ Newtonian point masses augmented with a quadratic term (such as arises from a centrifugal effect). Particular cases of this problem have been considered…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 Nickolas Arustamyan , Christopher Cox , Erik Lundberg , Sean Perry , Zvi Rosen

The plane case of central configurations with four different masses is analyzed theoretically and is computed numerically. We follow Dziobek's approach to four body central configurations with a direct implicit method of our own in which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-05 E. Piña , P. Lonngi

We show how the Newtonian potential between two heavy masses can be computed in simplicial quantum gravity. On the lattice we compute correlations between Wilson lines associated with the heavy particles and which are closed by the lattice…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Herbert W. Hamber , Ruth M. Williams

Minimum energy configurations in celestial mechanics are investigated. It is shown that this is not a well defined problem for point-mass celestial mechanics but well-posed for finite density distributions. This naturally leads to a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 D. J. Scheeres

We solve the N-body problems in which the total potential energy is any function of the mass-weighted root-mean-square radius of the system of N point masses. The fundamental breathing mode of such systems vibrates non-linearly for ever. If…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Lynden-Bell , R. M. Lynden-Bell

We study the existence of non-collision periodic solutions with Newtonian potentials for the following planar restricted 4-body problems: Assume that the given positive masses $m_{1},m_{2},m_{3}$ in a Lagrange configuration move in circular…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-07 Xiaoxiao Zhao , Shiqing Zhang

For the Newtonian (gravitational) $n$-body problem in the Euclidean $d$-dimensional space, the simplest possible solutions are provided by those rigid motions (homographic solutions) in which each body moves along a Keplerian orbit and the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Luca Asselle , Alessandro Portaluri

In this paper, we establish existence, uniqueness, and scale-invariant estimates for fundamental solutions of non-homogeneous second order elliptic systems with bounded measurable coefficients in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and for the corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-27 Blair Davey , Jonathan Hill , Svitlana Mayboroda

When we use variational methods to study the Newtonian $N$-body problem, the main problem is how to avoid collisions. C.Marchal got a remarkable result, that is, a path minimizing the Lagrangian action functional between two given…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-02-17 Xiang Yu , Shiqing Zhang

We rigorously show that a large family of monotone quantities along the weak inverse mean curvature flow is the limit case of the corresponding ones along the level sets of $p$-capacitary potentials. Such monotone quantities include…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Luca Benatti , Alessandra Pluda , Marco Pozzetta

We provide a computer-assisted proof of the exact count of classes of central configurations for five bodies for several sets of mass values that are exceptional from the point of view of the finiteness results of Albouy and Kaloshin in the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Małgorzata Moczurad , Piotr Zgliczyński

In this paper we show that in the $n$-body problem with harmonic potential one can find a continuum of central configurations for $n=3$. Moreover we show a counterexample to an interpretation of Jerry Marsden Generalized Saari's conjecture.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Manuele Santoprete

By using an arithmetic fact, we will firstly prove Saari's conjecture in a particular case, which is called the Elliptical Type N-Body Problem, and then we apply it to prove that the variational minimal solution of the planar Newtonian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-11-19 Xiang Yu , Shiqing Zhang