Re: [FRIAM] does classical mechanics always fail to predict or retrodict for 3 or more Newtonian gravity bodies? Rich Murray 20

With particular regard to computer simulations of celestial mechanics, Gerry Sussman wrote a paper sometime in (IIRC) the late 1970s, about the ultimate instability of the solar system (one of the classical motivations for celestial mechanics in general and the 3-body problem in particular). I

Re: [FRIAM] does classical mechanics always fail to predict or retrodict for 3 or more Newtonian gravity bodies? Rich Murray 20

A Digital Orrery, James Applegate, M. Douglas, Y. Gursel, P Hunter, C. Seitz, Gerald Jay Sussman, in IEEE Transactions on Computers, *C-34*, No. 9, pp. 822-831, September 1985, reprinted in Lecture Notes in Physics #267 -- Use of supercomputers in stellar dynamics, Springer Verlag, 1986. But also

Re: [FRIAM] does classical mechanics always fail to predict or retrodict for 3 or more Newtonian gravity bodies? Rich Murray 20

more re eventual chaos in classical mechanics: Rich Murray 2011.02.19 fromRoger Critchlow r...@elf.org to The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com dateSat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:19 AM subject Re: [FRIAM] does classical mechanics always fail to predict or