Binney and Tremaine, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4
Optional reading:
For discussions of Stackel potentials see:
de Zeeuw, T. 1985, MNRAS 216, 273 - the definitive account of Stackel potentials as applied to galaxies
Lynden-Bell, D. 1962, MNRAS 124, 95 - a remarkable early paper on Stackel potentials in stellar dynamics
Goldstein, H. 1980, Classical mechanics (Reading:
Addison-Wesley)
For an extensive discussion of the Lagrange points in planetary systems
see
Murray, C. D., & Dermott, S. F. 1999, Solar System Dynamics
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
Szebehely, V. 1967, Theory of Orbits (New York: Academic Press)
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