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Celestial Mechanics
by Donald (edt) Saari
Available from Powells Used Books
$61.00
on 10-15-2008
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ISBN Number: 9780821829028
Subtitle: (dedicated to Donald Saari for his 60th birthday : proceedings of an international conference on celestial mechanics, December 15-19, 1999, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois )
Written by: Saari, Donald (edt)
Published by: American Mathematical Society
Location: Providence, R.I.
Subject: Celestial mechanics
Copyright: 2002
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume: v. 4
Date of Publication: c2002
Cover Type: TRADE PAPER
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: x, 270 p.
The 16 papers of this proceedings were given at the December 1999
conference in honor of Saari at his home institution of Northwestern
U., in Evanston, Illinois. The topics include dynamical properties
of the figure eight solution to the three-body problem, diffusion in
comet motion, constructing a low energy transfer between Jovian
moons, and the Hill's region of the four-body problem. The
contributors are astronomers at institutions in Turkey, China,
Finland, Spain, France, Mexico, and the US.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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