On the existence of collisionless equivariant minimizers for the classical n-body problem

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-362

  Ferrario, Davide L ^a   Terracini, Susanna ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 0842325119     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-003-0322-7     Document Type: Article

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