Static equilibria of rigid bodies: Dice, pebbles, and the Poincare-Hopf Theorem

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-281

  Varkonyi, P L ^a,b   Domokos, G ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b Center for Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics   (Hungary)

Author keywords

monostatic bodies; pebble shapes; rigid bodies; Static equilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867923009     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-005-0691-8     Document Type: Article

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