Leonhard euler and the foundations of celestial mechanics
Auteur :
Musielak, Dora
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783031123245
Date de publication :
2 nov. 2023
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
For example, orbital mechanics texts refer to the five equilibrium points in the Sun-Earth-Moon system as Lagrange points, failing to credit Euler who first derived the differential equations for the general n-body problem and who discovered the three collinear points in the three-body problem of celestial mechanics.