On the analytic non-integrability of the Rattleback problem
H. R. Dullin, A.V. Tsygvintsev (2008)
Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques
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We establish the analytic non-integrability of the nonholonomic ellipsoidal rattleback model for a large class of parameter values. Our approach is based on the study of the monodromy group of the normal variational equations around a particular orbit. The imbedding of the equations of the heavy rigid body into the rattleback model is discussed.