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The Poincaré surface section method is used in the Kovaleveskaya problem of a heavy rigid body rotating about a fixed point. The numerical calculation confirmed that no stochastic regions are present in the problem.
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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02726660.
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El-Sabaa, F.M. Regular motion of the Kovaleveskaya problem for a rigid body rotating about a fixed point. Nuov Cim B 109, 1175–1183 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726681
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