Stability classification of collinear relative equilibria in positive curvature
Stability classification of collinear relative equilibria in positive curvature
Let be the mass ratio, let be the curvature parameter, and use center-saddle, elliptic, complex-saddle, and Lyapunov stable in their standard linear or dynamical meanings for relative equilibria.
Collinear stability classification conjecture. , and are center-saddles whenever they exist; is Lyapunov stable and is elliptic whenever they exist; and is a center-saddle for , undergoes a subcritical pitchfork bifurcation at , and is elliptic for all larger for which it exists.
The source presents this as conjectural because rigorous stability proofs are unavailable in portions of the parameter space and the change of stability of has not been rigorously tied to .
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Miguel Ayala, Carlos Barrera-Anzaldo and Luis C. García-Naranjo, “Lagrange points of the restricted three-body problem in spaces of constant curvature”, arXiv:2607.19148 (2026).
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