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| The variety of divergent trajectories with various Lyapunov exponents makes the problem too difficult for undergraduate courses. | The variety of divergent trajectories with various Lyapunov exponents makes the problem too difficult for undergraduate courses. | ||
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| + | ===Dark Helmet 12/6 21:46=== | ||
| + | My understanding is that it just gets really really complicated because the interaction of body 1 with body 2 changes how they interact with body 3 which then changes again how body 1 and 2 react, etc etc. However, i think this problem only applies when doing it by hand considering the large number of N body simulations that are being done by computer(dark matter collapse, what-have-you). | ||
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