Abstract
A spinning top is by definition a rigid body with a fixed point that rotates in a constant gravitational field. The equations of motion of a spinning top derive from the rotational version of Newton’s law, which states that
torque = instantaneous change in angular momentum.
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Adler, M., van Moerbeke, P., Vanhaecke, P. (2004). Integrable Spinning Tops. In: Algebraic Integrability, Painlevé Geometry and Lie Algebras. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05650-9_10
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