Abstract:
We consider the nonholonomic problem of rolling without
slipping and twisting of a balanced ball over a fixed sphere in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
By relating the system to a modified LR system, we prove that the problem always has an invariant measure. Moreover,
this is a $SO(n)$-Chaplygin system that reduces to the cotangent bundle $T^*S^{n-1}$.
We present two integrable cases. The first one is obtained for a special inertia operator that allows the Chaplygin Hamiltonization of the reduced system.
In the second case, we consider the rigid body inertia operator
$\mathbb I\omega=I\omega+\omega I$, ${I=diag(I_1,\ldots,I_n)}$ with a symmetry $I_1=I_2=\ldots=I_{r} \ne I_{r+1}=I_{r+2}=\ldots=I_n$. It is shown that general trajectories
are quasi-periodic, while for $r\ne 1$, $n-1$ the Chaplygin reducing multiplier method does not apply.
This research was supported by the Serbian Ministry of Science Project 174020, Geometry and Topology
of Manifolds, Classical Mechanics and Integrable Dynamical Systems.
Citation:
B. Gajić, B. Jovanović, “Two Integrable Cases of a Ball Rolling over a Sphere in $\mathbb{R}^n$”, Rus. J. Nonlin. Dyn., 15:4 (2019), 457–475
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\by B. Gaji\'c, B. Jovanovi\'c
\paper Two Integrable Cases of a Ball Rolling over a Sphere in $\mathbb{R}^n$
\jour Rus. J. Nonlin. Dyn.
\yr 2019
\vol 15
\issue 4
\pages 457--475
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