# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

September  2013, 3(3): 287-302. doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2013.3.287

## The Serret-Andoyer Riemannian metric and Euler-Poinsot rigid body motion

 1 Institut de mathématiques de Bourgogne, 9 avenue Savary, 21078 Dijon, France 2 INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée, B.P. 93, route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis, France, France

Received  December 2012 Revised  March 2013 Published  September 2013

The Euler-Poinsot rigid body motion is a standard mechanical system and is the model for left-invariant Riemannian metrics on $SO(3)$. In this article, using the Serret-Andoyer variables we parameterize the solutions and compute the Jacobi fields in relation with the conjugate locus evaluation. Moreover the metric can be restricted to a 2D surface and the conjugate points of this metric are evaluated using recent work [4] on surfaces of revolution.
Citation: Bernard Bonnard, Olivier Cots, Nataliya Shcherbakova. The Serret-Andoyer Riemannian metric and Euler-Poinsot rigid body motion. Mathematical Control & Related Fields, 2013, 3 (3) : 287-302. doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2013.3.287
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