Halfway between Heaven and Hell
Dynamical Systems
2026-03-20 v1
Abstract
We pose several questions for the classical N-body problem inspired by connections between the virial equation and the Jacobi-Maupertuis formulationof mechanics. We answer some.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.18434,
title = {Halfway between Heaven and Hell},
author = {Richard Montgomery},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.18434},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures, for CONM conference of May 2025; fits with recent arxiv pub of Moeckel