The symmetrical one-dimensional Newtonian four-body problem: A numerical investigation

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-201

  Sweatman, Winston L ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary scattering; Collinear motion; Four body problem; Periodic orbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141569394     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014599918133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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