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I don't understand your opposition to the name. The three body problem is so named precisely because it's intractable. In physics with two bodies you can perfec
by losvedir 7y ago
I don't understand your opposition to the name. The three body problem is so named precisely because it's intractable. In physics with two bodies you can perfectly model the evolution of a system, but as soon as you add a third it becomes chaotic and requires numerical simulation to approximate solutions.
- CWuestefeld 7y agoI don't understand your opposition to the name. The three body problem is so named Look at my first objection, that the problem described in the book has (at least) FOUR bodies. Yet the idea that it's a three-body problem is pervasive throughout the book. Surely that in itself is enough to justify some aggravation.