- #1
Saketh
- 261
- 2
I was reading the Encyclopedia Britannica today online, and found this statement under the Three-Body Problem article:
I was curious, because I have seen other sources call it an "unsolved problem." Is this problem impossible to solve, or is it just that no one has solved it yet?
And if it is impossible, where can I find a proof of the impossibility?
Thanks.
in astronomy, the problem of determining the motion of three celestial bodies moving under no influence other than that of their mutual gravitation. No general solution of this problem (or the more general problem involving more than three bodies) is possible.
I was curious, because I have seen other sources call it an "unsolved problem." Is this problem impossible to solve, or is it just that no one has solved it yet?
And if it is impossible, where can I find a proof of the impossibility?
Thanks.