The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics Poincaré’s Foundational Work on Dynamical Systems Theory /

• Main Author: Poincaré, Henri (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 443
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Astrophysics.; Physics.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Planetary Sciences.

Here is an accurate and readable translation of a seminal article by Henri Poincaré that is a classic in the study of dynamical systems popularly called chaos theory. In an effort to understand the stability of orbits in the solar system, Poincaré applied a Hamiltonian formulation to the equations o...