The classical Bertrand--Darboux problem

R. G. Smirnov

Fundamentalʹnaâ i prikladnaâ matematika, Tome 12 (2006) no. 7, pp. 231-250.

Résumé

The well-known problem of classical mechanics considered by Bertrand (1857) and Darboux (1901) is reviewed in the context of Cartan's geometry.

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