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Re:Over 150 new families of Newtonian periodic planar three-... by reikonomusha on Saturday May 06, 2017 @11:31AM (#14280650)
The problem isn't unsolved. It just doesn't have analytical solutions. But the mere fact we can simulate trajectories means we can solve it.
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Re:Over 150 new families of Newtonian periodic planar three-... by ordu on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:39PM (#14281378)
From engineering point of view, maybe the problem is solved. From maths point of view it isn't. For example, one cannot say for sure, are these trajectories periodic or no. 100-digit precision says "yes", but there is no guarantee, that 101-digit precision wouldn't say "no", they are not periodic.
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