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Why is the three-body problem so hard?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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How to Define a Chaotic System?

Chaos is not easily captured in a formula. It's possible to describe chaotic motion, but usually our solutions there are numerical. They're approximate. We use simulations. And even those simulations are difficult because it's chaotic. If you don't make those calculations very, very precise, then your simulation is going to be wrong further into the future.

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