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Physically, the Lagrange top is a symmetric rigid body spinning about its figure axis whose base point is fixed. A constant vertical gravitational force acts on the center of mass of the top, which lies on its symmetry axis.
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Cushman, R.H., Bates, L.M. (2015). The Lagrange top. In: Global Aspects of Classical Integrable Systems. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0918-4_5
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