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.

    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.
    Keywords: nonholonomic mechanical systems, invariant volume forms, symmetries, reduction
    Citation: García-Naranjo L. C., Marrero J. C., Non-Existence of an Invariant Measure for a Homogeneous Ellipsoid Rolling on the Plane, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2013, Volume 18, Number 4, pp. 372-379



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