Analytical solution of the Lagrange quintic equation in the three-body problem in celestial mechanics

DOI10.1007/BF01175807MaRDI QIDQ1060874zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors B. George

Publication date 1985

Published in Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01175807

zbMATH Keywords

closed-form solutionhigher-degree polynomial equationsLagrange equationnumerical resultspositive rootquintic (fifth-degree) equationreal integral formulastationary solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) Three-body problems (70F07)

Review text

The Lagrange equation is a quintic (fifth-degree) equation appearing in a stationary solution of the three-body problem in celestial mechanics. This equation has one positive root, which is the only required in the above problem. Here we apply an elementary real integral formula for the closed-form solution of nonlinear equations to the solution of the Lagrange equation. Two different approaches to this solution are described in detail and numerical results (obtained by both approaches) are displayed. Beyond the Lagrange equation, the present results are also applicable to the solution of other nontrivial quintic and higher-degree polynomial equations.

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