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Orbits in the problem of two fixed centers on the sphere

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A trajectory isomorphism between the two Newtonian fixed center problem in the sphere and two associated planar two fixed center problems is constructed by performing two simultaneous gnomonic projections in S 2. This isomorphism converts the original quadratures into elliptic integrals and allows the bifurcation diagram of the spherical problem to be analyzed in terms of the corresponding ones of the planar systems. The dynamics along the orbits in the different regimes for the problem in S 2 is expressed in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions.

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  1. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, University of Salamanca, Avd. Filiberto Villalobos 119, 37007, Salamanca, Spain

    Miguel A. Gonzalez Leon

  2. Departamento de Física Fundamental, University of Salamanca Facultad de Ciencias, Casas del Parque II, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan Mateos Guilarte & Marina de la Torre Mayado

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Gonzalez Leon, M.A., Guilarte, J.M. & de la Torre Mayado, M. Orbits in the problem of two fixed centers on the sphere. Regul. Chaot. Dyn. 22, 520–542 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560354717050045

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