Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10727595 Physics Letters A 2015 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
We present results of numerical calculations showing a three-body orbit's period's T dependence on its topology. This dependence is a simple linear one, when expressed in terms of appropriate variables, suggesting an exact mathematical law. This is the first known relation between topological and kinematical properties of three-body systems. We have used these results to predict the periods of several sets of as yet undiscovered orbits, but the relation also indicates that the number of periodic three-body orbits with periods shorter than any finite number is countable.
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