Lagrange has (more than) a Point!
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2009-04-12
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Indian Academy of Sciences
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A solution to the 3-body problem in gravity, due to Lagrange, has several remarkable features. In particular, It describes a situation in which a particle, located at the maxima of a potential, can remain stable against small perturbations.
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Classical mechanics, Gravitation, Rotation