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On the analytic non-integrability of the Rattleback problem

Holger R. Dullin, Alexei Tsygvintsev

math.DSarXiv:math/0610305

Abstract

We establish the analytic non-integrability of the nonholonomic ellipsoidal rattleback model for a large class of parameter values. Our approach is based on the study of the monodromy group of the normal variational equations around a particular orbit. The embedding of the equations of the heavy rigid body into the rattleback model is discussed.

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