| Description |
1 online resource (x, 345 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-340) and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Astrophysics and the three-body problem -- 2. Newtonian mechanics -- 3. Two-body problem -- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics -- 5. 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. |
| Summary |
"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 possibilities of dealing with it: a statistical approach. For the first time such methods are presented in a systematic way. The book surveys statistical methods as well as more traditional methods, suitable for students of celestial mechanics at advanced undergraduate level."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Three-body problem.
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Three-body problem. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Karttunen, Hannu.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Valtonen, M.J. (Mauri J.), 1945- Three-body problem. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521852242 (OCoLC)61702428 |
| ISBN |
0511132891 (electronic book) |
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9780511132896 (electronic book) |
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0511131534 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511131530 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511616006 (electronic book) |
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0511616007 (electronic book) |
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1280431695 |
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9781280431692 |
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0511132352 |
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9780511132353 |
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0521852242 |
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9780521852241 |
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