many-body problem

many-body problem

[′men·ē ′bäd·ē ‚präb·ləm]
(mechanics)
The problem of predicting the motions of three or more objects obeying Newton's laws of motion and attracting each other according to Newton's law of gravitation. Also known as n-body problem.
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