Relative equilibria of symmetric n-body problems on a sphere: Inverse and direct results

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-371

  Lim, Chjan C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0032381533     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0312(199804)51:4<341::AID-CPA1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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