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I wonder if it is some sort of variation on a double pendulum problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendulum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendu
by cantbudgeit 5y ago
I wonder if it is some sort of variation on a double pendulum problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendulum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendulum
Where the system is very chaotic and incredibly hard to model, so it appears to be random.
Perhaps this is a complicated multi star system that contains a pulsar and the complex orbits are creating these seemingly random flashes of light.
- mig39 5y agoSee also The Three-Body Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem And it's also the name of a great book that might be appropriate here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)