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    The restricted two-body problem in constant curvature spaces

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    We perform the bifurcation analysis of the Kepler problem on S3S^3 and L3L^3. An analogue of the Delaunay variables is introduced. We investigate the motion of a point mass in the field of the Newtonian center moving along a geodesic on S2S^2 and L2L^2 (the restricted two-body problem). When the curvature is small, the pericenter shift is computed using the perturbation theory. We also present the results of the numerical analysis based on the analogy with the motion of rigid body.Comment: 29 pages, 7 figure
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