We have focussed on the study of the linear stability of some particular periodic orbits (called relative equilibria) in planar singular mechanical systems with SO(2)-symmetry, and we have achieved the results using quite advanced mathematical techniques. These involve some homotopy invariants, such as the spectral flow, and some index theory, namely a theorem stating the equality between the Morse index of an orbit seen as a critical point of a Lagrange action functional and the Maslov index of the fundamental solution of the associated Hamiltonian system. Moreover, what we have found meets one of its most important applications in a generalised n-body problem, that is, an n-body problem with a more general potential.

Morse index and linear stability of relative equilibria in singular mechanical systems / Jadanza, RICCARDO DANILO. - (2015). [10.6092/polito/porto/2599754]

Morse index and linear stability of relative equilibria in singular mechanical systems

JADANZA, RICCARDO DANILO
2015

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We have focussed on the study of the linear stability of some particular periodic orbits (called relative equilibria) in planar singular mechanical systems with SO(2)-symmetry, and we have achieved the results using quite advanced mathematical techniques. These involve some homotopy invariants, such as the spectral flow, and some index theory, namely a theorem stating the equality between the Morse index of an orbit seen as a critical point of a Lagrange action functional and the Maslov index of the fundamental solution of the associated Hamiltonian system. Moreover, what we have found meets one of its most important applications in a generalised n-body problem, that is, an n-body problem with a more general potential.
2015
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