On the variational approach to the periodic n-body problem

ISSN： 0923-2958

Source： Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol.95, Iss.1-4, 2006-05, pp. : 3-25

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Abstract

This expository paper gathers some of the results obtained by the author in recent works in collaboration with Davide Ferrario and Vivina Barutello, focusing on the periodic n-body problem from the perspective of the calculus of variations and minimax theory. These researches were aimed at developing a systematic variational approach to the equivariant periodic n-body problem in the two and three-dimensional space. The purpose of this paper is to expose the main problems and achievements of this approach. The material here was exposed in the talk that given at the Meeting CELMEC IV promoted by SIMCA (Società italiana di Meccanica Celeste).

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