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Estimates on a minimal classification of relative equilibria in the planarn-body problem of celestial mechanics have been announced in [1], [2]. Our main theorem asserts that these estimates are actually met for anyn≧3 on an open set in IR supninf+ . For anyn≧4, this open set is proper.
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Research supported in part by NSF Grant MCS 13-08818 A03.
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Palmore, J.I. Minimally classifying relative equilibria. Lett Math Phys 1, 395–399 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01793953
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01793953