Author : Michel Henon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540417338
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Generating Families in the Restricted Three-Body Problem by : Michel Henon
Download or read book Generating Families in the Restricted Three-Body Problem written by Michel Henon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-04-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classical restricted three-body problem is of fundamental importance because of its applications in astronomy and space navigation, and also as a simple model of a non-integrable Hamiltonian dynamical system. A central role is played by periodic orbits, of which many have been computed numerically. This is the second volume of an attempt to explain and organize the material through a systematic study of generating families, the limits of families of periodic orbits when the mass ratio of the two main bodies becomes vanishingly small. We use quantitative analysis in the vicinity of bifurcations of types 1 and 2. In most cases the junctions between branches can now be determined. A first-order approximation of families of periodic orbits in the vicinity of a bifurcation is also obtained. This book is intended for scientists and students interested in the restricted problem, in its applications to astronomy and space research, and in the theory of dynamical systems.