Abstract
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland. A configuration of n particles is called central when the acceleration vector of each particle is a common scalar multiple of its position vector. One of the reasons why central configurations are interesting is that they allow us to obtain explicit homographic solutions of the n-body problem, that is, motions where the configuration of the system changes size but keeps its shape. Also, they are important in the study of total collisions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Trends in Mathematics |
Pages | 9-15 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Volume | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 2297-024X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |