Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4619639 Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 2010 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

It is known that a central configuration of the planar four body problem consisting of three particles of equal mass possesses a symmetry if the configuration is convex or is concave with the unequal mass in the interior. We use analytic methods to show that besides the family of equilateral triangle configurations, there are exactly one family of concave and one family of convex central configurations, which completely classifies such central configurations.

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