Abstract
It is well known that rotations of a free three-dimensional rigid body around the long and short axes of inertia are stable, while the rotation around the intermediate axis is unstable. We generalize this result to the case of a rigid body in a space of arbitrary dimension.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 80-82 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Moscow University Mathematics Bulletin |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics