🌠 N-Body Problem
The n-body problem asks how n bodies move under their mutual gravitational (or other) attraction, given their initial positions and velocities. Exact analytic solutions exist only for n=2; for three or more bodies the motion is generally chaotic and must be approximated numerically, a cornerstone challenge in celestial mechanics and astrophysics simulation.
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For a fuller technical treatment, see the Algorithms Glossary — B (Barnes-Hut) reference on MySimulator.
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