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arxiv: 0705.4437 · v1 · pith:LUR3TVZQnew · submitted 2007-05-30 · 🧮 math-ph · math.MP

On the Jacobi-Metric Stability Criterion

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We investigate the exact relation existing between the stability equation for the solutions of a mechanical system and the geodesic deviation equation of the associated geodesic problem in the Jacobi metric constructed via the Maupertuis-Jacobi Principle. We conclude that the dynamical and geometrical approaches to the stability/instability problem are not equivalent.

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