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    An Estimation for the Hyperbolic Region of Elliptic Lagrangian Solutions in the Planar Three-body Problem

    2013, Volume 18, Number 6, pp.  732-741

    Author(s): Hu X., Ou Y.

    It is well known that the linear stability of elliptic Lagrangian solutions depends on the mass parameter β=27(m1m2+m2m3+m3m1)/(m1+m2+m3)2[0,9] and the eccentricity e[0,1). Based on new techniques for evaluating the hyperbolicity and the recently developed trace formula for Hamiltonian systems [9], we identify regions for (β,e) such that elliptic Lagrangian solutions are hyperbolic. Consequently, we have proven that the elliptic relative equilibrium of square central configurations is hyperbolic with any eccentricity.
    Keywords: central configurations, elliptic relative equilibrium, linear stability, hyperbolicity, n-body problem
    Citation: Hu X., Ou Y., An Estimation for the Hyperbolic Region of Elliptic Lagrangian Solutions in the Planar Three-body Problem, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2013, Volume 18, Number 6, pp. 732-741



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