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N-body dynamics on closed surfaces : the axioms of mechanics
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dc.contributor.author | Boatto, Stefanella | |
dc.contributor.author | Dritschel, David Gerard | |
dc.contributor.author | Schaefer, Rodrigo G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-10T23:34:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-10T23:34:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08 | |
dc.identifier | 245112526 | |
dc.identifier | e33111ca-4137-4308-abf9-0a8cf7f594ba | |
dc.identifier | 84986230666 | |
dc.identifier | 000391097000006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Boatto , S , Dritschel , D G & Schaefer , R G 2016 , ' N-body dynamics on closed surfaces : the axioms of mechanics ' , Proceedings of the Royal Society A - Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences , vol. 472 , no. 2192 , 20160020 , pp. 1-20 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0020 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1364-5021 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-6489-3395/work/64697781 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/11426 | |
dc.description | D.G.D. gratefully acknowledges support for this research from CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico ) and FINEP (Inovação e Pesquisa) in Brazil, and from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (grant no. EP/H001794/1) | en |
dc.description.abstract | A major challenge for our understanding of the mathematical basis of particle dynamics is the formulation of N-body and N-vortex dynamics on Riemann surfaces. In this paper, we show how the two problems are, in fact, closely related when considering the role played by the intrinsic geometry of the surface. This enables a straightforward deduction of the dynamics of point masses, using recently derived results for point vortices on general closed differentiable surfaces M endowed with a metric g. We find, generally, that Kepler's Laws do not hold. What is more, even Newton's First Law (the law of inertia) fails on closed surfaces with variable curvature (e.g. the ellipsoid). | |
dc.format.extent | 20 | |
dc.format.extent | 1991625 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Royal Society A - Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences | en |
dc.subject | N-body problem | en |
dc.subject | Point-vortex dynamics | en |
dc.subject | Hamiltonian systems | en |
dc.subject | Newton's Laws | en |
dc.subject | Surfaces of revolution | en |
dc.subject | Equivalence principle | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject | QC Physics | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | BDC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QC | en |
dc.title | N-body dynamics on closed surfaces : the axioms of mechanics | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | EPSRC | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Applied Mathematics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0020 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2017-08-10 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/H001794/1 | en |
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