Abstract:
We consider the $n$-dimensional Chaplygin sphere under the assumption that the mass distribution of the
sphere is axisymmetric.
We prove that, for initial conditions whose angular momentum about the contact point is vertical, the
dynamics is quasi-periodic. For $n=4$ we perform the reduction by the associated $\mathrm{SO}(3)$ symmetry and show that
the reduced system is integrable by the Euler – Jacobi theorem.