ENGLISH

The three-body problem

By Mauri Valtonen , Hannu Karttunen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780521852241, 0521852242
Open Library ID
OL7766728M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1786138 bytes)
Pages
356\356
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading mathematicians over the last two centuries. Poincaré's conclusion, that the problem represents an example of chaos in nature, opens the new possibility of using a statistical approach. For the first time this book presents these methods in a systematic way, surveying statistical as well as more traditional methods. This book should be essential reading for students in a rapidly expanding field and is suitable for students of celestial mechanics at advanced undergraduate and graduate level.

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