A minimizing property of eulerian solutions

Shiqing Zhang, Qing Zhou

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Abstract

In this paper, we prove that the elliptical solutions and collision ejection solutions with the Eulerian collinear configuration for planar 3-body problems are the variational minimizers of the Lagrangian action restricted on a suitable loop space.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-243
Number of pages5
JournalCelestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Volume90
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 3-body problems
  • Eulerian solutions
  • Lagrangian action

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