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Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body problem

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Re: Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body problem

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Weren't there already several solutions known? Wikipedia seems to think so. I find it hard to see if there's anything here that makes this different from the several cases mentioned on wikipedia. The linked paper was too dense for me, sadly...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem

Re: Scientists find an effective solution for the three-body problem

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Send it over to Trisolaris!

Much to my pedantic horror upon reading, they don't need the solution to a three body problem, but a four body problem!

You sure about that? The fourth body, being so small, can't really effect the motion of the other three; however if you have the evolution of the first three then you can determine the motion of the fourth.
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