Total Collisions in the <i>N</i>-Body Shape Space

We discuss the total collision singularities of the gravitational <i>N</i>-body problem on shape space. Shape space is the relational configuration space of the system obtained by quotienting ordinary configuration space with respect to the similarity group of total translations, rotatio...

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Main Authors: Flavio Mercati, Paula Reichert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/9/1712