On the spatial central configurations of the 5--body problem and their bifurcations
Author(s) -
Martha Alvarez,
Joaquı́n Delgado,
Jaume Llibre
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
discrete and continuous dynamical systems - s
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1937-1632
pISSN - 1937-1179
DOI - 10.3934/dcdss.2008.1.505
Subject(s) - infinitesimal , mathematics , n body problem , three body problem , geometry , mathematical analysis , classical mechanics , physics
Central configurations provide special solutions of the general $n$--body problem. Using the mutual distances between the $n$ bodies as coordinates we study the bifurcations of the spatial central configurations of the $5$--body problem going from the problem with equals masses to the $1+4$-- body problem which has one large mass and four infinitesimal equal masses. This study is made by giving a computer--aided proof.
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