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The N-body problem consists of determining the motion of N material points attracting one another in pairs according to the Newton law of gravity on the condition that the masses of these points and their positions and velocities at some initial moment are known. This problem is applied, among others, to the study of motion of the planets of the solar system, because they can be regarded as material points considering their mutual great distances.
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© 1985 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Marciniak, A. (1985). The General N-body Problem. In: Numerical Solutions of the N-Body Problem. Mathematics and Its Applications (East European Series), vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5412-0_3
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