On Kite Central Configurations
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| author | Roberts, Gareth E. |
| author_facet | Roberts, Gareth E. |
| contents | We study kite central configurations in the Newtonian four-body problem. We present a new proof that there exists a unique convex kite central configuration for a given choice of positive masses and a particular ordering of the bodies. Our proof uses tools from differential topology (e.g., the Poincaré-Hopf Index Theorem) and computational algebraic geometry (e.g., Gröbner bases). We also discuss concave kite central configurations, including degenerate examples and bifurcations. Finally, we numerically explore the linear stability of the corresponding kite relative equilibria, finding that the heaviest body must be at least 25 times larger than the combined masses of the other three bodies in order to be linearly stable. |
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| institution | arXiv |
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| spellingShingle | On Kite Central Configurations Roberts, Gareth E. Dynamical Systems 70F10, 70F15, 37N05, 37J25 We study kite central configurations in the Newtonian four-body problem. We present a new proof that there exists a unique convex kite central configuration for a given choice of positive masses and a particular ordering of the bodies. Our proof uses tools from differential topology (e.g., the Poincaré-Hopf Index Theorem) and computational algebraic geometry (e.g., Gröbner bases). We also discuss concave kite central configurations, including degenerate examples and bifurcations. Finally, we numerically explore the linear stability of the corresponding kite relative equilibria, finding that the heaviest body must be at least 25 times larger than the combined masses of the other three bodies in order to be linearly stable. |
| title | On Kite Central Configurations |
| topic | Dynamical Systems 70F10, 70F15, 37N05, 37J25 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07867 |