Titre

Poincaré and the Three Body Problem

Créateur

Barrow-Greene, June

Description

The idea of chaos figures prominently in mathematics today. It arose in the work of one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th century, Henri Poincaré, on a problem in celestial mechanics: the three body problem. This ancient problem—to describe the paths of three bodies in mutual gravitational interaction—is one of those which is simple to pose but impossible to solve precisely.

Source

History of Mathematics, vol 11, AMS and the London Mathematical Society

Date

1997

Sujet

Problème des trois corps