Fresh solutions to the four-body problem

Douglas P. Hamilton ()
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Douglas P. Hamilton: University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2421, USA.

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7602, 187-188

Abstract: Describing the motion of three or more bodies under the influence of gravity is one of the toughest problems in astronomy. The report of solutions to a large subclass of the four-body problem is truly remarkable.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature17896

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