Saari's Conjecture for Elliptical Type $N$-Body Problem and An Application

Abstract

By using an arithmetic fact, we will firstly prove Saari's conjecture in a particular case, which is called the Elliptical Type N-Body Problem, and then we apply it to prove that the variational minimal solution of the planar Newtonian N-body problem is precisely a relative equilibrium solution whose configuration minimizes the function $IU^2$, it's worth noticing that we don't need the hypothesis of Finiteness of Central Configurations. In the Planetary Restricted Problem (which ignore all the mutual gravitational interactions between the planets), the corresponding Saari's conjecture is stated and proved.