On the stability of motion of N-body systems: A geometric approach

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-129

  El Zant, A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Galaxies: Evolution; Instabilities; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001004017     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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