Lagrange top: integrability according to Liouville and examples of analytic solutions
arXiv:2306.02394 · doi:10.3390/particles7030030
Abstract
Equations of a heavy rotating body with one fixed point can be deduced starting from a variational problem with holonomic constraints. When applying this formalism to the particular case of a Lagrange top, in the formulation with a diagonal inertia tensor the potential energy has more complicated form as compared with that assumed in the literature on dynamics of a rigid body. This implies the corresponding improvements in equations of motion. Therefore, we revised this case, presenting several examples of analytical solutions to the improved equations. The case of precession without nutation has a surprisingly rich relationship between the rotation and precession rates, and this is discussed in detail.
15 pages, misprints corrected, discussion extended. Matches with published version. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2304.10371
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