Andoyer's variables and phases in the  free rigid body

Sebastián Ferrer; Francisco J. Molero

doi:10.3934/jgm.2014.6.25

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2014, Volume 6, Issue 1: 25-37. Doi: 10.3934/jgm.2014.6.25

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Andoyer's variables and phases in the free rigid body

Sebastián Ferrer^1, and
Francisco J. Molero^2,

1.
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Espinardo
2.
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, 30071 Espinardo

Received: May 2013

Revised: November 2013

Published: March 2014

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Using Andoyer's variables we present a new proof of Montgomery's formula by measuring $\Delta\mu$ when $\nu$ has made a rotation. Our treatment is built on the equations of the differential system of the free rigid solid, together with the explicit expression of the spherical area defined by the intersection of the surfaces given by the energy and momentum integrals. We also consider the phase $\Delta\nu$ of the moving frame when $\mu$ has made a rotation around the angular momentum vector, and we give the formula for its computation.

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