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020			_a9781108491297
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.14 _bM589g
100			_aMikkola, Seppo
245			_aGravitational few-body dynamics _ba numerical approach _cSeppo Mikkola
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2020 _aCambridge
300			_axii, 244p
520			_aUsing numerical integration, it is possible to predict the individual motions of a group of a few celestial objects interacting with each other gravitationally. In this introduction to the few-body problem, a key figure in developing more efficient methods over the past few decades summarizes and explains them, covering both basic analytical formulations and numerical methods. The mathematics required for celestial mechanics and stellar dynamics is explained, starting with two-body motion and progressing through classical methods for planetary system dynamics. This first part of the book can be used as a short course on celestial mechanics. The second part develops the contemporary methods for which the author is renowned - symplectic integration and various methods of regularization. This volume explains the methodology of the subject for graduate students and researchers in celestial mechanics and astronomical dynamics with an interest in few-body dynamics and the regularization of the equations of motion.
650			_aCelestial mechanics
650			_aFew-body problem
650			_aGravitation
942			_cBK
999			_c565859 _d565859