The zonal satellite problem. III Symmetries
Author(s) -
Vasile Mioc
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
serbian astronomical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1820-9289
pISSN - 1450-698X
DOI - 10.2298/saj0265001m
Subject(s) - homogeneous space , physics , commutative property , log polar coordinates , hamiltonian (control theory) , action angle coordinates , polar coordinate system , diffeomorphism , generalized coordinates , mathematical physics , pure mathematics , cartesian coordinate system , classical mechanics , geometry , mathematics , mathematical optimization
The two-body problem associated with a force field described by a potential of the form U =Sum(k=1,n) ak/rk (r = distance between particles, ak = real parameters) is resumed from the only standpoint of symmetries. Such symmetries, expressed in Hamiltonian coordinates, or in standard polar coordinates, are recovered for McGehee-type coordinates of both collision-blow-up and infinity-blow-up kind. They form diffeomorphic commutative groups endowed with a Boolean structure. Expressed in Levi-Civita’s coordinates, the problem exhibits a larger group of symmetries, also commutative and presenting a Boolean structure
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