The chaotic instability of a slowly spinning asymmetric top.

DOI10.1016/S0895-7177(02)00130-9zbMath1068.70010OpenAlexW1977344039MaRDI QIDQ1410107

J. M. T. Thompson, G. H. M. Van Der Heijden

Publication date: 14 October 2003

Published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-7177(02)00130-9

zbMATH Keywords

homoclinic orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to stochasticity (chaotic behavior) for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K55) Homoclinic and heteroclinic trajectories for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K44) Stability problems in rigid body dynamics (70E50)

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