A remarkable periodic solution of the three-body problem in the case of equal masses

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 881-901

  Chenciner, Alain ^a   Montgomery, Richard ^b  

^a Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034310142     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2661357     Document Type: Article

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