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In this paper we describe new classes of periodic solutions for point vortices on a plane and a sphere. They correspond to similar solutions (so-called choreographies) in celestial mechanics.

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We consider a question of finding a periodic solution for the planar Newtonian N-body problem with equal masses, where each body is travelling along the same closed path. We provide a computer assisted proof for the following facts: local…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Tomasz Kapela , Piotr Zgliczynski

We return to the subject of stability of infinite time asymptotics of kinetic equations. We found a model which is simpler than those studied previously and which shows unstable behavior corresponding to our arguments to appear elsewhere,…

General Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Frantisek Sanda

We show that the minimization of the Lagrangian action functional on suitable classes of symmetric loops yields collisionless periodic orbits of the n-body problem, provided that some simple conditions on the symmetry group are satisfied.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Davide L. Ferrario , Susanna Terracini

In this work we study the orbital stability/instability in the energy space of a specific family of periodic wave solutions of the general $\phi^{4n}$-model for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$. This family of periodic solutions are orbiting around the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-12 Gong Chen , José M. Palacios

For the classical N-body problem, an approach is proposed based on the introduction of some natural in the physical sense optimization problems of mathematical programming for finding a conditional minimum for the characteristics of the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Igor Pavlov

Complications arising from the non-compact nature of the phase space of N-body systems prevent any asymptotic characterization of chaotic behaviour (since no equilibrium final states can exist). This leads us to revisit some of the old…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. El-Zant

We prove for a large class of n-body problems including a subclass of quasihomogeneous n-body problems, the classical n-body problem, the n-body problem in spaces of negative constant Gaussian curvature and a restricted case of the n-body…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-28 Pieter Tibboel

Many physical problems can be formulated as operator equations of the form Au = f. If these operator equations are ill-posed, we then resort to finding the approximate solutions numerically. Ill-posed problems can be found in the fields of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-11 Suresh B. Srinivasamurthy

The existence of hyperbolic orbits is proved for a class of restricted three-body problems with a fixed energy by taking limit for a sequence of periodic solutions which are obtained by variational methods.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-06 Donglun Wu , Shiqing Zhang

Various many-body models are treated, which describe $N$ points confined to move on a plane circle. Their Newtonian equations of motion ("accelerations equal forces") are integrable, i. e. they allow the explicit exhibition of $N$ constants…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-09 Oksana Bihun , Francesco Calogero

A solution of the n-body problem in R^d is a relative equilibrium if all of the mutual distance between the bodies are constant. In other words, the bodies undergo a rigid motion. Here we investigate the possibility of partially rigid…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Richard Moeckel

We present a novel method to compute unstable periodic orbits (UPOs) that optimize the infinite-time average of a given quantity for polynomial ODE systems. The UPO search procedure relies on polynomial optimization to construct nonnegative…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Mayur Lakshmi , Giovanni Fantuzzi , Sergei Chernyshenko , Davide Lasagna

This paper presents a fortran program to solve diverse few-body problems with the stochastic variational method. Depending on the available computational resources the program is applicable for $N=2-3-4-5-6-...$-body systems with $L=0$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 K. Varga , Y. Suzuki

Braids are periodic solutions to the general N-body problem in gravitational dynamics. These solutions seem special and unique, but they may result from rather usual encounters between four bodies. We aim at understanding the existence of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Simon Portegies Zwart , Arjen Doelman , Jelmer Sein

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 first describe how we can arrange any bodies on Figure-Eight without collision in a dense subset of $[0,T]$ after showing that the self-intersections of Figure-Eight will not happen in this subset. Then it is reasonable…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Leshun Xu , Yong Li

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

Let a number, N, of particles interact classically through Newton's Laws of Motion and Newton's inverse square Law of Gravitation. The resulting equations of motion provide an approximate mathematical model with numerous applications in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Douglas C. Heggie

We present a method to detect the unstable periodic orbits of a multidimensional chaotic dynamical system. Our approach allows us to locate in an efficient way the unstable cycles of, in principle, arbitrary length with a high accuracy.…

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