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In 1970, Don Saari conjectured that solutions of the classical N-body problem with constant moment of inertia are relative equilibria. This statement is surprising since one does not expect that such a weak constraint would force the bodies to maintain constant mutual distances all along the motion.
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Diacu, F. (2012). Saari’s Conjecture. In: Relative Equilibria of the Curved N-Body Problem. Atlantis Series in Dynamical Systems, vol 1. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-91216-68-8_14
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