Stability of Steady Rotations in the Nonholonomic Routh Problem
2008, Volume 13, Number 4, pp. 239-249
Author(s): Borisov A. V., Kilin A. A., Mamaev I. S.
Author(s): Borisov A. V., Kilin A. A., Mamaev I. S.
We have discovered a new first integral in the problem of motion of a dynamically symmetric ball, subject to gravity, on the surface of a paraboloid. Using this integral, we have obtained conditions for stability (in the Lyapunov sense) of steady rotations of the ball at the upmost, downmost and saddle point.
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