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To: Doctor Stochastic
There is no problem solving the three-body problem.

Are you saying that you can determine the absolute stability of any three body system? I will hang my head in shame. I thought it was impossible.

989 posted on 02/26/2003 7:20:38 AM PST by js1138
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To: js1138
I'm not sure what you mean by absolute stability. I can compute the evolution of a three body system from initial conditions. Cal Tech did a big Solar System computation extending over about 4,000,000 years.

Of course, it does get more difficult to simulate the system for longer times.
990 posted on 02/26/2003 7:28:09 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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