TY - JOUR ID - Siluszyk2010 LB - Siluszyk2010 AU - Siluszyk, Agnieszka TI - On the relative equilibrium configurations in the planar five-body problem ST - On the relative equilibrium configurations in the planar five-body problem JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2010 VL - 30 IS - 4 SP - 495 EP - 506 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2010.30.4.495 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2010.30.4.495 AB - The number of central configurations in the Grebenicov-Elmabsout model of the planar five-body problem is estimated. An appropriate rational parameterization is used to reduce the equations defining such configurations to some polynomial ones. For the restricted five-body problem a sharp estimation is given by using the Sturm separation theorem. KW - planar five-body problem KW - relative equilibrium KW - central configuration KW - Grebenicov-Elmabsout model SN - 1232-9274 ER -