On the periodic solutions of the three-body problem

• 来源期刊: 国家科学评论（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（6）
• 页码范围: 1070-1071
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwz102

摘要

The motion of three bodies that attract each other by universal gravitation was first investigated by Newton [1] and was reconsidered by many great mathematicians and scientists,including Euler,Lagrange,Poincaré [2] and Hilbert.The famous three-body problem has had a great influence on physics,mathematics and non-linear dynamics.It has led to a new field of modern science,i.e.chaotic dynamics.Stable periodic motion of a multiple celestial body system could provide a necessary background in time and space for the evolution of living beings,because human beings might be a result of more than four billion years of evolution.So,it is important to find periodic solutions of the three-body problem.