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The gyrostat is a relatively obvious and stright-forward generalization of the rigid body, although the problem of a gyrostat spinning about a fixed point in the absence of external torque is a century junior to the corresponding problem of the free rigid body.
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Roberson, R.E., Willems, P.Y., Wittenburg, J. (1971). The Free Gyrostat. In: Rotational Dynamics of Orbiting Gyrostats. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 102. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2930-2_4
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