Re:Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body ...
by phreeza on Saturday August 14, 2021 @06:53AM
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True but a recurrence relationship is not the same as a closed form solution. The differential equation for a three body problem is also very simple.
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Re:Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body ...
by MontyCarloHall on Saturday August 14, 2021 @06:57AM
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Of course. My point was just that you can evaluate a recurrence relation exactly (i.e. with zero numerical error) and still get chaotic behavior. OP’s mistaken point was that the three body problem’s chaos arises solely from numerical error during simulation, which is untrue.