Bifurcation conjecture for zero-energy orbits meeting the Heisenberg -axis
Let denote the dilational momentum and consider a zero-energy orbit meeting the -axis. Bifurcation conjecture. If
then the orbit has self-similarity like a generic orbit; in particular, oscillates and the orbit looks like a dilating figure eight. If
then the orbit has self-similarity like a Heisenberg geodesic; in particular, is monotonic and the orbit looks like a dilating helix. Numerical investigations suggest two qualitatively different families bifurcating at the threshold , but the supplied text gives no proof.
References
Primary source
Corey Shanbrom, “An introduction to the Kepler-Heisenberg problem”, arXiv:2101.03639 (2021).
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