Periodic Solutions of the N-Body Problem
Published on 17. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 154 pages
978-3-540-66630-1 (ISBN)
Description
Introduction.- Equations of Celestial Mechanics.- Hamiltonian Systems.- Central Configurations.- Symmetries.- Integrals and Reduction.- Theory of Periodic Solutions.- Satellite Orbits.- The Restricted Problem.- Lunar Orbits.- Comet Orbits.- Hill's Lunar Equations.- The Elliptic Problem.
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Series
Edition
1999 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIV, 154 p.
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-66630-1 (9783540666301)
DOI
10.1007/BFb0094677
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Kenneth R. Meyer
Periodic Solutions of the N-Body Problem
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11/2006
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Ken Meyer has a long history of working in Hamiltonian differential equations and the N-body problem. He has over 100 papers published.
Daniel Offin is an active researcher in the theory of Hamiltonian systems using variational methods. He has made some important contributions to celestial mechanics using the Maslov index.
Content
Equations of celestial mechanics.- Hamiltonian systems.- Central configurations.- Symmetries, integrals, and reduction.- Theory of periodic solutions.- Satellite orbits.- The restricted problem.- Lunar orbits.- Comet orbits.- Hill's lunar equations.- The elliptic problem.