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2405.15639

Well Posed Origin Anywhere Consistent Systems in Celestial Mechanics

Harry Gingold, Jocelyn Quaintance

correcthigh confidence
Category
math.DS
Journal tier
Specialist/Solid
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Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

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The paper’s Theorem 3.1 proves RS1 is invariant under arbitrary C2 translations and (by appeal to standard ODE results) is WPOACS; the candidate solution mirrors this by explicitly rewriting RS1 as a closed system in relative variables, verifying local Lipschitzness off the collision set, and invoking Picard–Lindelöf for local well-posedness (uniqueness modulo translations). The paper’s proof sketch is terse and cites general ODE theory for existence/uniqueness without detailing the Lipschitz domain, but is essentially correct; the model provides the missing details and the gauge-fixing uniqueness interpretation. See the statement and proof sketch of Theorem 3.1 and its initial-data constraints r1k(t0) ≠ 0 and r1k(t0) − r1j(t0) ≠ 0 in the paper , the WPOACS desiderata in Section 3 , and their reliance on basic ODE theory (pages 1–7 of [2]) for existence/uniqueness ; cf. the NCME local well-posedness statement in Theorem 1.1 .

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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid

\textbf{Justification:}

The paper’s core claims are correct and well motivated. The invariance proof is straightforward and sound. The well-posedness assertion is standard on the collision-free domain, but the manuscript should explicitly state the domain and the local Lipschitz property of the vector field before invoking ODE theory, and explicitly mention uniqueness when claiming WPOACS. These are presentational clarifications rather than substantive mathematical gaps.