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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

Periodic Orbits F. R. Moultons Quest for a New

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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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