Non-Existence of an Invariant Measure for a Homogeneous Ellipsoid Rolling on the Plane
2013, Volume 18, Number 4, pp. 372-379
Author(s): García-Naranjo L. C., Marrero J. C.
Author(s): García-Naranjo L. C., Marrero J. C.
It is known that the reduced equations for an axially symmetric homogeneous ellipsoid that rolls without slipping on the plane possess a smooth invariant measure. We show that such an invariant measure does not exist in the case when all of the semi-axes of the ellipsoid have different length.
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