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The rotation number and the herpolhode angle in Euler’s top

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We describe the relation between the rotation number and the herpolhode angle in the rotation of the force-free rigid body.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4

    Larry Bates

  2. Mathematics Institute, University of Utrecht, 3508TA, Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Richard Cushman & Emil Savev

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Received: September 23, 2002

Research partially supported by NSERC.

Research partially supported by European Community funding for the Research and Training Network MASIE (HPRN-CT-2000-00113).

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Bates, L., Cushman, R. & Savev, E. The rotation number and the herpolhode angle in Euler’s top. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 56, 183–191 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-004-2082-7

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