The Three-Body Problem by Mauri Valtonen
The book surveys statistical and perturbation methods for the solution of the general three body problem, providing solutions based on combining orbit calculations with semi-analytic methods for the first time. This book is essential reading for students in this rapidly expanding field.
'… covers a wide range of both theory and applications of an issue central to basic physics… In the first five chapters, the authors provide a classical mechanics course that goes well beyond the ordinary graduate textbooks. … The authors' main achievement is their coverage in the last five chapters of the many different applications in astrophysics in which one of the three bodies is much lighter than the other two. … In The Three-Body Problem, readers will find the necessary theoretical ingredients and will also enjoy the great variety of technical explanations for phenomena in the solar system and beyond. The book would be useful for a graduate course in modern astrophysics and makes interesting reading for an amateur who has some background in classical mechanics.' Physics Today
' … a well-judged and fundamental book [on a] subject of permanent value.' Celestial Mech. Dyn. Astr.
' … a well-judged and fundamental book [on a] subject of permanent value.' Celestial Mech. Dyn. Astr.
Mauri Valtonen is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Turku. Hannu Karttunen is a Systems Manager at Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521852241 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521852242 |
| Title | The Three-Body Problem |
| Author | Mauri Valtonen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2006-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 356 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |