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Offers a detailed description of the early history of the three-body problem and its periodic solutions, with chapters dedicated to the pioneering work of Hill, Poincare, and Darwin. This is followed by an in-depth account of the contribution to the subject by the mathematical astronomer Forest Ray Moulton and his research students.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • The three-body problem and its first periodic solutions
  • Hill's variational orbit
  • Poincare's research on periodic orbits
  • Darwin's numerical search for periodic orbits
  • Forest Ray Moulton
  • Moulton's mathematical methods
  • Oscillating satellites
  • A new lunar theory
  • Moulton's Periodic Orbits
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Moulton's doctoral students
  • Appendix B: Letters
  • Appendix C: The Moulton plane
  • Appendix D: Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Name index
  • Subject Index

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      Publisher: MP-AMM American Mathematical
      Publication Date: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781470456719, 978-1470456719
      ISBN10: 1470456710

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a detailed description of the early history of the three-body problem and its periodic solutions, with chapters dedicated to the pioneering work of Hill, Poincare, and Darwin. This is followed by an in-depth account of the contribution to the subject by the mathematical astronomer Forest Ray Moulton and his research students.

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • The three-body problem and its first periodic solutions
      • Hill's variational orbit
      • Poincare's research on periodic orbits
      • Darwin's numerical search for periodic orbits
      • Forest Ray Moulton
      • Moulton's mathematical methods
      • Oscillating satellites
      • A new lunar theory
      • Moulton's Periodic Orbits
      • Epilogue
      • Appendix A: Moulton's doctoral students
      • Appendix B: Letters
      • Appendix C: The Moulton plane
      • Appendix D: Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Name index
      • Subject Index

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