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Nelin. Dinam., 2012 Volume 8, Number 3, Pages 605–616 (Mi nd346)

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Rolling without spinning of a ball on a plane: absence of an invariant measure in a system with a complete set of first integrals

Alexey V. Bolsinovab, Alexey V. Borisovbcd, Ivan S. Mamaevbcd

a School of Mathematics, Loughborough University United Kingdom, LE11 3TU, Loughborough, Leicestershire
b Laboratory of nonlinear analysis and the design of new types of vehicles, Institute of Computer Science, Udmurt State University, Universitetskaya 1, Izhevsk, 426034 Russia
c A. A. Blagonravov Mechanical Engineering Institute of RAS, Bardina str. 4, Moscow, 117334, Russia
d Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Ural Branch of RAS S. Kovalevskaja str. 16, Ekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

Abstract: In the paper we consider a system of a ball that rolls without slipping on a plane. The ball is assumed to be inhomogeneous and its center of mass does not necessarily coincide with its geometric center. We have proved that the governing equations can be recast into a system of six ODEs that admits four integrals of motion. Thus, the phase space of the system is foliated by invariant 2-tori; moreover, this foliation is equivalent to the Liouville foliation encountered in the case of Euler of the rigid body dynamics. However, the system cannot be solved in terms of quadratures because there is no invariant measure which we proved by finding limit cycles.

Keywords: non-holonomic constraint, Liouville foliation, invariant torus, invariant measure, integrability.

UDC: 517.925

MSC: 37J60, 37J35, 70H45

Received: 04.08.2012
Revised: 19.10.2012



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