The only syzygy-free solution is Lagrange's

Publication date 11 January 2006

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Bifurcation problems for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J20) Dynamics of multibody systems (70E55)

Abstract: A syzygy in the three-body problem is a collinear instant. We prove that with the exception of Lagrange's solution every solution to the zero angular momentum Newtonian three-body problem suffers syzygies. The proof works for all mass ratios.

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