Abstract
For planar Newtonian 4-body problems with equal masses, we use variational methods to prove the existence of a non-collision periodic choreography solution such that all bodies move on a rose-type curve with three petals.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3085-3094 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Science China Mathematics |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- 4-body problems with Newtonian potentials
- Rose solutions with three petals
- Variational minimization methods
- Winding numbers