Most smooth closed space curves contain approximate solutions of the n- body problem

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6697, 1998, Pages 51-53

  Buck, Gregory ^a  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032480215     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25684     Document Type: Article

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