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The three-body problem /
"How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? It is a problem that has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading mathematicians over the last two centuries. Poincare's conclusion that the problem represents an example of chaos in nature, opens new possibil...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Astrophysics and the three-body problem
- 2. Newtonian mechanics
- 3. The two-body problem
- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics
- 5. The planar restricted circular three-body problem and other special cases
- 6. Three-body scattering
- 7. Escape in the general three-body problem
- 8. Scattering and capture in the general problem
- 9. Perturbations in hierarchical systems
- 10. Perturbations in strong three-body encounters
- 11. Some astrophysical problems.